Subject: [trinkle@cs.purdue.edu: Re: detex-2.7 distribution terms]
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@jocelyn.rhein.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 08/08/1999 09:35:18
So,
do we have any mechanism to signal to CD-ROM distributors that they have to
include the source code if they build a binary? (What do we do with GPL code?)
-is
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To: Ignatios Souvatzis <is@netbsd.org>
Subject: Re: detex-2.7 distribution terms
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 06 Aug 1999 23:40:46 +0200."
<19990806234046.B18748@jocelyn.rhein.de>
Date: Sat, 07 Aug 1999 18:57:40 -0500
From: Daniel Trinkle <trinkle@cs.purdue.edu>
Ignatios Souvatzis <is@netbsd.org> writes:
> Hello,
>
> I'm preparing a NetBSD(1) package(2) for detex-2.7.
>
> >From reading your README, I understand that distribution of your
> source archive is unlimited, as long as it is complete.
>
> Is this right? What about binary-only distributions (e.g., by somebody
> preparing a (semi-)commercial CD-ROM for a specific NetBSD platform)?
>
> Regards,
> Ignatios Souvatzis
I have no objection if the source code is included with the
distribution, or if it is available as a separate package
(i.e. detex-src) from the same source.
Daniel Trinkle trinkle@cs.purdue.edu
Computer Science-1398 765-494-7844
Purdue University 765-494-0739 (FAX)
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1398
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