Re: pine 4.05 install
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, dsb3 wrote:
>
> from the pine CPYRIGHT file (actually looking at v3.96 which I have
> installed)
>
> [snip]
> Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
> documentation for any purpose and without fee to the University of
> Washington is hereby granted, provided that these legal notices appear in
> all copies and supporting documentation, that the name "Pine" is retained,
> and that the name of the University of Washington is not used in
> advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
> without specific, written prior permission. This software is made
> available "as is".
>
> [snip]
> If this software is modified for local use, please denote this on all
> modified versions of the software by appending the letter "L" to the
> current version number and by enumerating the changes in the release notes
> and associated documentation.
>
>
>
> I guess PINE doesn't get packaged because of that 'without fee' bit.
> This explains why it's in non-free and not contrib, but doesn't explain
> why only the source is distributed and not the binaries.
>
But this explains it:
Although the above trademark and copyright restrictions do not convey
the right to redistribute derivative works, the University of
Washington encourages unrestricted distribution of patch files which
can be applied to the University of Washington Pine distribution.
It can be distributed as a binary only using unpatched sources. Otherwise
you have a "derivative work". Debian distributes the original source plus
diffs which then must be compiled locally to comply with this restriction.
Bob
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