On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 10:05:06AM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > I was asked about _simple_ suggestions for a license change from > an upstream author such that his software could go into main > (currently not packaged). So I went looking at copyright files > on my system, and wondered about the following text: > > Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its > documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided > that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that > copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting > documentation. This software is provided "as is" without express or > implied warranty. > > It's not written > `is hereby granted for any purpose and without fee' > but rather > `permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute [...] for any > purpose and without fee'. No, it means you will not be charged a fee for copy, modify and distribution -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. ========================================================================= * http://benham.net/index.html <gecko@benham.net> <>< * * -------------------- * -----------------------------------------------* * Debian Developer, Debian Project Secretary, Debian Webmaster * * <gecko@debian.org> <secretary@debian.org> <lintian-maint@debian.org> * * <webmaster@debian.org> <gecko@fortunet.com> <webmaster@spi-inc.org> * =========================================================================
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