On Mon, May 26, 2003 at 01:36:22PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > Nicolas Kratz <nick@ikarus.dyndns.org> writes: > > > *groan* I have sent upstream a mail, explaining the nonfreeness of the > > software and suggesting to use GPL, BSD or Artistic License. The > > original answer is below. It translates to: Professor phoned author, and > > they say: "It's OK to build on top of our work. Regard the software as > > absolutely freely available. Please keep us updated." > > BTW, it's rather unlikely that the professor has been authorized by > the university to make such decisions. OK, I'm dropping this. I don't see any way to get upstream to release the software under a free license, as the copyright holder is indeed not the author, but the university. Cheers, Nick -- x----------------------------------------------------------------------x | Benford's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law: | | Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.| | -- Gregory Benford. Foundation's Fear. 1997 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Nicolas Kratz <nick@ikarus.dyndns.org> <n_kratz@cs.uni-frankfurt.de> | x----------------------------------------------------------------------x
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