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Re: ITP: ng - lightweight console-based editor with i18n support.



At Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:53:10 -0500,
Branden Robinson wrote:

> > License:
> >     Ng is free software. You can freely use, modify and redistribute this
> >     program. For commercial use, the author wishes to be contacted,
> >     but this is not a requirement. The author is not responsible
> >     for any loss of profit or damage caused by the use of this program.
> > 
> > Please note that this is just a translation for reference only.
> 
> Looks great, except that you can remove one tiny bit of ambiguity by saying
> "any damage or loss of profit caused" instead.  This places the conjuction
> "or" firmly between the two intended nouns, and not between one of the
> nouns and a noun that is object of a subordinate preposition.

At 24 Sep 2000 15:58:57 -0700,
Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:

> Unfortunately, the University of Washington has some legal authority
> behind them.  What "it means" is decided by the courts, and the
> courts seem to recognize the permission to distribute a modified
> version as separate from the permissions to modify and to distribute,
> such that you can grant the latter two without granting the former.

Finally, the upstream author changed the license of Ng to BSD one.
I think all the problem is now solved.

If no one objects, i'll upload it soon.

Regards,

--
Yasuhiro TAKE <take@debian.org> / Debian Project

	"I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all."

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