Re: License for xxd in vim-common
Pablo Duboue dijo [Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 05:00:07PM -0500]:
> Hi,
>
> I recently learn to use this handy hexdump tool, xxd. It is
> distributed as part of vim-common and it has the following license:
>
> (c) 1990-1997 by Juergen Weigert
> <jnweiger@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
>
> Distribute freely and credit me,
> make money and share with me,
> lose money and don't ask me.
> (...)
> I wonder whether the above license is DFSG-compliant (I find it cute,
> might want to use it in my own code in some moment if it is). If not,
> xxd should be separated from vim-common and packed outside of main (or
> maybe Mr. Weigert would be willing to re-license it under different
> terms?)
Umh, what if I don't feel like sharing my momey with the author?
(or if I want to modify the code or embed it somewhere else, or...)
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