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Re: Bug#234477: ITP: logsurfer+ -- real-time system log monitor



hi -devel,

i have a question about the licensing:

On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 09:46:52PM -0500, Sean Finney wrote:
> * License         : (GPL + Required Copyright Disclaimer)

the original source code was distributed with the following disclaimer:

/************************************************************************
* Copyright 1995-1999 by DFN-CERT.  All rights reserved.
*
* This material was originally written and compiled by Wolfgang Ley and
* Uwe Ellermann at the DFN-CERT, Germany, in 1995-96
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that this entire copyright notice is duplicated in all such
* copies.
*
* This software is provided "as is" and without any expressed or implied
* warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of
* merchantability and fitness for any particular purpose.
************************************************************************/


however, it's also built against the gnu regexp library, which is GPL'd.
am i right in assuming that the software is then implicitly under
the GPL?  i've spoken with the upstream, and he has no obligations to
his modifications being distributed under the same terms, whatever they
may be.


thanks for any input,
	sean

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