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From: wheeler@heckle.mitre.org (Brien L. Wheeler)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!
Message-ID: <1992Jul29.140842.11699@linus.mitre.org>
Date: 29 Jul 92 14:08:42 GMT
References: <l6rld6INN3dh@neuro.usc.edu> <1992Jul28.060822.29603@serveme.chi.il.us> <1992Jul29.073959.3841@nebulus.ampr.ab.ca>
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In article <1992Jul29.073959.3841@nebulus.ampr.ab.ca>, dennis@nebulus.ampr.ab.ca (Dennis Breckenridge VE7TCP) writes:
> joeg@gagme (joe grosch) writes:
>
> >I urge all those on the net who have copys of either Net2, BSDI, or 386BSD
> >to start making copys and distributing them as far and wide as possible.
> ...
> Are you absolutely out of your mind? Distributing licensed sources is
> not only immoral but totally illegal. A license is a privilege NOT a
> right to deal with the sources that were supplied to you in the way
> that YOU feel is appropriate. This is a waste of bandwidth even flaming you!
Actually, neither Net2 nor 386BSD require the recipient to sign any sort of
license agreement. I'm not sure what the restrictions are on redistribution,
but I would assume that since numerous FTP archives have been set up for
386BSD, that Bill Jolitz hasn't put any restrictions in place other than
retaining his copyright notice (Way to go,Bill :-). Source code redistributions
of Net2 are also allowed if the copyright notices are retained.
BSDI code, however, is proprietary and cannot be redistributed without
permission from BSDI. So we should spread around Net2 and 386BSD as much
as possible (although I think 386BSD has a good jumpstart already :-).
You really should make your points more clear or think before you speak.
Brien
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