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Re: License advice



On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 07:00:24PM +0100, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl wrote:
> > As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you
> > disagree.

> > Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any
> > purpose on any computer system, and to redistribute it freely,
>                                                          ^^^^^^
> Hmmm - which version of free is this - ethically or financially?

Update:
- I've received mail from the author indicating the next release will be
  GPLed.
- James informed me that several packages have a very similar copyright,
  including "file".

Ray
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