On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Don Armstrong <don@donarmstrong.com> >>> Copyright (C) 1984, Sun Microsystems, Inc. >>> >>> Users may copy or modify Sun RPC without charge, but are >>> not authorized to license or distribute it to anyone else >>> except as part of a product or program developed by the >>> user. > >> I'm personally concerned about this particular phrase, as it seems to >> preclude Debian from distributing software with Sun RPC in it unless >> Debian itself is developing the product or program using Sun RPC. > > Does it even allow Debian's mirror operators to redistribute Debian > if Sun RPC is included? Assume the mirror operator never develop any > programs himself. I was concerned about that as well. I think it would be ok if they were acting as an agent of Debian, but unoficial mirrors might be SOL. [But then again, I am not a lawyer, so cum grano solis.] Don Armstrong -- Any excuse will serve a tyrant. -- Aesop http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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