Re: gated licensing?
This discussion has happened several times. The main point is that the
Gated people require a licence to be signed to distribute their code.
Debian isn't willing to submit to a non-free licence, so we don't have
gated included in the system. It is easy enough to download and
compile/install gated for those people who actually need it.
On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Todd Graham Lewis wrote:
> Unfortunately, gated is not, so far as I can tell, included in any way
> in debian. Here's the license:
>
> <<<BEGIN
> Gated 3.6 README
>
> All documentation for gated 3.6 is now in native Latex format with a
> postscript and HTMP versions. See doc/tex/gated.ps for the postscript
> version, and doc/html/gated.html for an HTML version.
>
> The INSTALL file in the gated top directory explains how to install
> gated. It is a ASCII copy of the installation chapter of the gated
> documentation. For any instruction on how to install, configure and
> operate gated please see the postscript or HTML documentation.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Copyright (c) 1996 The Regents of the University of Michigan
> All Rights Reserved
>
> License to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
> documentation can be obtained from Merit at the University of Michigan.
>
> Merit GateDaemon Project
> 4251 Plymouth Road, Suite C
> Ann Arbor, MI 48105
>
> THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
> EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF
> MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE REGENTS OF THE
> UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND MERIT DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE
> FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET LICENSEE'S REQUIREMENTS OR
> THAT OPERATION WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. The Regents of the
> University of Michigan and Merit shall not be liable for
> any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages with respect
> to any claim by Licensee or any third party arising from use of the
> software. GateDaemon was originated and developed through release 3.0
> by Cornell University and its collaborators.
>
> Please forward bug fixes, enhancements and questions to the
> gated mailing list: gated-people@gated.merit.edu.
> >>>END
>
> Should I investigate licensing myself, or should someone else more official?
> It'd be neat if debian supported, say, OSPF.
--
Scott K. Ellis <storm@gate.net> http://www.gate.net/~storm/
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