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Re: mpsql - why is it non-free?



On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 03:42:56PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 25, 2001 at 09:39:36PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote:
> > Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
> > documentation for any purpose, without fee, and without a written agreement
> > is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this
> > paragraph and the following two paragraphs appear in all copies.
> 
> The license doesn't say you can distribute modified versions, though.
> Perhaps that's why it's in non-free? There might be something else
> which I missed too though.

Er, usually the language quoted is interpreted to mean that modified
versions can be distributed.

Except when the licensor is the University of Washington.

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