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Re: conquer relicensing



Joe Smith wrote:

> 
> "Juan M. Mendez" wrote in message
> [🔎] acb195480610090855x4aeb1f3dnf827adc151c76ca0@mail.gmail.com">news:[🔎] acb195480610090855x4aeb1f3dnf827adc151c76ca0@mail.gmail.com...
> 
>> So, I have been investigating.
>>
>> It seems Adam Bryant developed a new version 5 of conquer:
>> http://www.cs.bu.edu/ftp/fs/pub/adb/beta/
>>
>> where all the files hold notices disallowing redistribution of the
>> code with a notice
>> starting with.
>>
>> /* conquer : Copyright (c) 1992 by Ed Barlow and Adam Bryant */
>>
>> Some people managed to talk with Adam in 1997 where he said he
>> licensed conquer to a commercial developer, saying title would revert
>> back to him if the company didn't release anything in two years.
>> http://members.aol.com/heiska/ecframe/future.html

I would expect that the new code was completely different, which would
explain this.

-- 
Nathanael Nerode  <neroden@fastmail.fm>

Bush admitted to violating FISA and said he was proud of it.
So why isn't he in prison yet?...



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