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Nick,
can you offer a complete package with proper licensing now? Where can we get your 'official' version from? It would be more appropriate than us putting too much weight on an email ;)
cheers,
martin
Harbour, Nicholas wrote:
| Don't worry, it is released under GPL now. I always wanted it that way but | it took some convincing for my higher ups. | And yes, that notice warning is crap. I borrowed those files and originally | used gnu readline so that later someone could come along and notice them and | force my lab to release it under the GPL. Subterfuge I know, but it worked. | | Nick. | | p.s. You're lucky, I haven't worked here for 2 years and just came back | and got my email account reactivated :) | | -----Original Message----- | From: Martin Langhoff (NZL) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:40 PM | To: Remi Mommsen | Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; James Kelly; Harbour, Nicholas | Subject: Re: [Fink-devel] fatback in fink | | | Remi Mommsen wrote: | | ******************************************** | | * NOTICE: | | * The following license applies only to the | | * files getopt.c, getopt.h, and getopt1.c. | | * these are borrowed from glibc. | | * This licence does not in any way apply | | * to the remainder of the fatback program | | ********************************************* | | afaik, glibc is available under LGPL. While LGPL does allow switching to | GPL, that would put the whole program under the GPL, and is not what the | author seems to want (more on that later). | | Oddly, the files do mention the GPL in the headers. They are certainly | available as LGPL, an that would make fatback redistributable within the | license that controls the glibc files. | | | Copyright (C) 2000-2001 DoD Computer Forensics Lab This manual and | | the Fatback program are for *government and law enforcement use only*. | | Well, that is a clear stop on distribution. And completely valid with | glibc under LGPL. it seems to be widely available. Sourceforge carries | it, at the very least, and someone has packaged it for distribution, | with an AUTHORS file and the (incorrect) note in COPYING. Of course, | this could mean internal distribution at DoD. | | The AUTHORS file and comments in the sources mention Nicholas Harbour, | so CC'd him. | | | Fatback version 0.1 was written by Nicholas Harbour of the | | DoD Computer Forensics Lab. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | | | Fatback is currently maintained by Nicholas Harbour of the | | DoD Computer Forensics Lab. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | cheers, | | | | | martin
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