On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 08:56:41PM +1300, Carey Evans wrote:
> This is something I should have sorted out a long time ago, but I
> guess I haven't gotten around to it until now.
>
> The x3270 program is currently in non-free. There are two licenses
> responsible for this, one on some of the fonts, and the other on the
> code the current version is based on. All other parts of the package
> have a license very similar to the X11 license.
>
>
> I. The Fonts
>
> } Copyright © 1990 by the Georgia Institute of Technology.
> } All rights reserved except for those rights explicitly mentioned
> } below.
> } Permission is granted to distribute freely or to modify and
> } distribute freely any materials and information contained herein
> } as long as the above copyright and all terms associated with it
> } remain intact.
>
> This seems pretty much the same as the X11 license, although it
> doesn't actually mention "use". Does this matter? Are there any
> other problems with this license?
Nope, this is fine. Use is covered by the Fair Use provision of Copyright
law. The fonts are free.
> II. The Original Code
>
> } Copyright © 1989 by Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA
> } 30332.
> } All Rights Reserved. GTRC hereby grants public use of this
> } software. Derivative works based on this software must incorporate
> } this copyright notice.
>
> What does "public use" mean? Should I try emailing or writing to GTRC
> or the Georgia Institute of Technology to find out?
We don't have permission to redistribute (at all---why is this in
non-free?) Please do try to contact the Copyright holders if you can.
This license obviously does not say what they intend it to mean.
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<Espy_on_crack> "I installed 'Linux 6.1', doesn't that make me a unix
guru?"
<BenC> Espy_on_crack: no, you have to install it twice before you are a
guru...once to prove you can do it, the second to fix the things
your broke the first time
<Espy_on_crack> oh right, how silly of me
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