Re: ITP: xengine

[Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>]

From: Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu>
Subject: Re: ITP: xengine
Date: 31 May 1999 19:41:33 -0400

> Remco Blaakmeer <remco-blaakmeer@quicknet.nl> writes:
> 
>    On Mon, 31 May 1999, Kenshi Muto wrote:
> 
>    > License: == from README ==
>    > 
>    >         Author: Kazuhiko Shutoh
>    > 
>    >         Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute without charge this
>    >         software, documentation, images, etc. is granted, provided that this 
>    >         comment and the author's name is retained.  The author assumes no 
>    >         responsibility for lost sleep as a consequence of use of this software.
> 
>    Since redistribution is allowed without charge only, this will have to go
>    into non-free, IMHO.
> 
> *sigh*.  This comes up about once a week now.  The statement above,
> and similar, are generally interpreted that there is no charge to
> distribute it, not that you must not charge for it.

Yes, you are right. I am a former maintainer of xengine
in Debian JP and we have a permission from the author to
distribute xengine under DFSG.

As I am not a Debian developer yet, Mr. Muto kindly try
to upload xengine instead of me. Thanks Mr. Muto.

Thanks for your comments.	1999.6.1

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 Debian JP Developer - much more I18N of Debian
 Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp>
 Department of Math., Tokushima Univ.