On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 03:40:28PM +, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I know what they are gettting at, the wording is so big commercial
> > unix vendors have to pay. Is there a way to say this while remaining
> > DFSG-free?
>
> No. (If there was, it w
Scripsit Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I know what they are gettting at, the wording is so big commercial
> unix vendors have to pay. Is there a way to say this while remaining
> DFSG-free?
No. (If there was, it would be a bug in the wording of the DFSG, and
such bugs are fixed informally an
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 01:26:33AM +, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > > (A) The C-Kermit software, in source and/or binary form, may be
> > > included WITHOUT EXPLICIT LICENSE in distributions of OPERATING
> > > SYSTEMS that have OSI (Open Sourc
> The other model used sometimes is to dual license. Provide a free
> version under the GPL and a sell a version that companies can take
> proprietary. Whether this makes sense with kermit, of course, I have no
> idea -- it depends mostly on how the large unix vendors in question are
> using the
On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 07:15, Ian Beckwith wrote:
> Are there any similar projects/companies out there with the same sort
> of business model that release software with DFSG-compliant licenses?
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Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The basic problem is that the kermit project depends on license
> revenue (mostly, I think, from the large unix vendors) for funding.
> They want to make kermit as free as possible without jeopardising that
> revenue.
>
> Are there any similar projects/co
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 01:26:33AM +, Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > > (A) The C-Kermit software, in source and/or binary form, may be
> > > included WITHOUT EXPLICIT LICENSE in distributions of OPERATING
> > > SYSTEMS that have OSI (Open Sourc
Scripsit Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > (A) The C-Kermit software, in source and/or binary form, may be
> > included WITHOUT EXPLICIT LICENSE in distributions of OPERATING
> > SYSTEMS that have OSI (Open Source Initiative, www.opensource.org)
> > approved licenses, even if non-Op
Hello.
I'm in the process of adopting the ckermit package (currently in
non-free). I've been talking to upstream (Frank da Cruz from the kermit
project at columbia university), and we both would like to see ckermit
in main. He is prepared to consider changes to the license.
The license was modifi
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