Not true!, see beloe Todd Lyons wrote:
> Bob Puff@NLE wrote on Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 02:29:34AM -0400 : > > > > 3. I could not locate the pine package anywhere on the disks. > > Pine has a commercial license. We are not allowed to distribute a > modified version. > > Mark Crispin wrote: > The issue with the "restrictive" license agreement boils down to one major > issue: if someone wishes to distribute a modified version of Pine, they > have to ask UW for permission first. > > Put another way, UW claims control over what is distributed with the name > "Pine". It's alright to distribute unmodified Pine; it's alright to > distribute patches to modify Pine. But if you want to distribute a > modified Pine, you have to ask first. > > One would consider this to be a matter of common courtesy. > > We contacted Mandrake about this very question a few months ago. In part, > the answer from Denis Havlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> stated: > > > [Pine] won't be distributed with a "core distribution" ("download" or > > "GPL" edition) in the future, but I don't think it can be completely > > dropped either. > > > > In fact, I'm 100% sure that we WILL distribute pine one way or another, > > because I'm the one in charge of MandrakeClub, and thus have a > > possibility to add rpms of 'non-free' software to MandrakeClub download > > area as long as I don't do anything illegal. Stuff we have in 'Club' > > downloads area should also end up on our 'Commercial CDs', so they will > > be distributed with our packs, and once the RPMs are done, every club > > member can download them. In case the licence allows it (pine licence > > does), they are also free to further dissemenate them in any way they > > see fit, so I don't think we'll see a real shortage of pine RPMs for > > mandrake in a near future. > > In other words, Mandrake told us that they will continue to distribute > Pine as before, just not as part of their "core GPL software" > distribution. In the Mandrake distribution which I have, there is a disk > of non-GPL freeware which every person who purchases the Mandrake CD-ROM > distribution gets. I assume that their plan is to move Pine to that > CD-ROM. > > Pine will still included with Mandrake, just on a different CD-ROM. > > If Mandrake's policy has subsequently changed, they haven't told us. > > On Tue, 17 Sep 2002, David Rankin wrote: > > The following is from the mandrake mailing list. It would appear > > there are a LOT of pine users that will be alienated. > > > > ******************************** > > > > > 3. I could not locate the pine package anywhere on the disks. > > > > It's been removed because the University of Washington, its owners, > > introduced a homebrewed licence which is more restrictive than GPL or > > similar. > > > > (Mandrakesoft is _very_ strict on this issue). > > > > ******************************** > > > > Now what motivation could you have for crafting a restrictive > > license agreement that would cause the major Linux distribution to drop > > Pine? Pine is a great mailer with a loyal following and its > > non-inclusion in the major distribution will be missed. > > -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax
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