Re: elvis package
Martin Schulze <joey@kuolema.Infodrom.North.DE> wrote:
> Elvis is non-free and the author ignores all mail coming from us,
> both copyright mails as well as bugreports and fixes.
Er... then why isn't it in non-free? Also, why is it our highest
preference editor?
Also, what aspect of the copyright notice puts it in non-free?
[The only thing I can guess is the "500 lines for your own project"
thing, which is wierd, but clearly doesn't apply to modified copies of
elvis which have been marked as modified]
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Raul
This package was debianized by Erik Andersen andersee@debian.org on
Sat, 22 Nov 1997 03:14:13 -0700.
It was downloaded from ftp://ftp.cs.pdx.edu/pub/elvis/
Copyright:
Elvis 2.1 Copyright 1996 by Steve Kirkendall
Elvis 2.1 is copyrighted freeware. It is provided in the hope that it will
be useful, but with no warranty.
You can distribute copies of it in either source form or binary form,
provided my copyright notice remains intact. If you distribute *MODIFIED*
versions, please mark them as being modified.
You can use portions of elvis source code in your own projects. If you use
fewer than 500 lines, then no special permission is required. For 500 or
more lines, please obtain permission from the author at kirkenda@cs.pdx.edu;
in general, such permission will be granted without compensation.
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