Re: discussion with the FSF: GPLv3, GFDL, Nexenta
reopen 350624
thanks
On Sat, 02 Jun 2007, Don Armstrong wrote:
> That said, can the ftpmaster who approved the inclusion of star in
> main speak up and give their rationale?
Actually, I must take this back; it's almost certain that ftpmaster
did not approve this, because the work when originally included in
Debian (S tar 1.4.3) was only licensed under the GPL [From star.c]:
/*
* Copyright (c) 1985, 88-90, 92-96, 98, 99, 2000-2002 J. Schilling
*/
/*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
* any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
* this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*/
I'm not entirely sure that it would have been found acceptable had it
gone through NEW with its current license.
Don Armstrong
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