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Re: The 'CMU' license



On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Brian Ristuccia wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 06:46:56PM +0000, Jules Bean wrote:
> > 
> > I'm trying to package a shiny new rarpd for Debian which carries this
> > license.
> > 
> > How do we feel about the phrase 'without fee' in this context?
> > 
> 
> Sounds to me like this means "without paying CMU any money", not "you can't
> charge any money."

I also think that's what they mean.

However, we've disagreed about clauses like this before ('we' being the
list, not anyone in particular).

Jules

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