License query for mrouted

1999-03-05 Thread Richard Braakman
(Sent to debian-legal, Cc to package maintainer) I found this package in Incoming. I'm not sure if we can distribute it; clause 4 is a bit funny. Also, it seems to permit distribution of derived works BUT NOT verbatim copies ("nontransferable license"), which is weird. The mrouted program is

Re: License query for mrouted

1999-03-05 Thread Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho
On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 01:37:25PM +0100, Richard Braakman wrote: > At the time > LICENSEE provides a copy of a derivative version of the Program to a > third party, LICENSEE shall provide STANFORD with one copy of the source > code of the derivative version at no charge to STANFORD. This looks li

Re: License query for mrouted

1999-03-05 Thread Christoph Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho writes: > On Fri, Mar 05, 1999 at 01:37:25PM +0100, Richard Braakman wrote: > > At the time > > LICENSEE provides a copy of a derivative version of the Program to a > > third party, LICENSEE shall provide STANFORD with one copy of the s

Re: License query for mrouted

1999-03-05 Thread Christoph Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Richard Braakman writes: > (Sent to debian-legal, Cc to package maintainer) > > I found this package in Incoming. I'm not sure if we can distribute > it; clause 4 is a bit funny. Also, it seems to permit distribution of > derived works BUT NOT verbatim co

Re: License query for mrouted

1999-03-05 Thread John Hasler
Richard Braakman writes: > Also, it seems to permit distribution of derived works BUT NOT verbatim > copies ("nontransferable license"), which is weird. It certainly is weird. And quotes: > 1. STANFORD grants to LICENSEE a nonexclusive and nontransferable license > to use, copy and modify the co

Re: License query for mrouted

1999-03-05 Thread John Hasler
Christoph writes: > If I make some modifications, they want to have a copy from me, but > not from all the users. I'm sure that is what they intended, but it isn't what they say in the license. Do you have this in writing from them? It's still postcardware. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joh

Re: License query for mrouted

1999-03-05 Thread John Hasler
Christoph writes: > As I understand it, they permit distribution of devired works, but they > do not speak about REdestribution of the original. I think, they take > this as granted. They may take it for granted, but we can't. We can only do what they have given us permission to do. -- John Hasl

Re: License query for mrouted

1999-03-06 Thread Miguel Wooding SF Ten.Union
> Christoph writes: > > As I understand it, they permit distribution of devired works, but they > > do not speak about REdestribution of the original. I think, they take > > this as granted. > > They may take it for granted, but we can't. We can only do what they have > given us permission to d