Return to BSD News archive
Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!vixie!vixie From: vixie@vix.com (Paul A Vixie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: The 4.4BSD-Lite distribution announcement Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd Date: 23 Apr 94 13:54:31 Organization: Vixie Enterprises Lines: 18 Message-ID: <VIXIE.94Apr23135431@office.home.vix.com> References: <2p4ieg$89j@agate.berkeley.edu> <Cons40.6H2@bull.nl> <2p9d10INN63i@theben.mch.sni.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: office.home.vix.com In-reply-to: grau@theben.mch.sni.de's message of 22 Apr 1994 20:45:20 GMT >As far as I understood it, this is true. Perhaps they didn't make it >available, because they wanted to earn some money, before everybody >can ftp it. The origional announcement stated, that it has the usual >BSD copyright notice, which allows you to freely redistribute the >stuff. What I do not understand is, why are they making such a heck >around the licensing? Because if _they_ provide it to you, the method by which they do so has to please _their_ lawyers; if you get it from CSRG and subsequently provide it via anonymous FTP, then you will do so in a way that pleases _your_ lawyers. Noone in the post-USL-UCB-lawsuit era should question the motives of UCB's lawyers if they appear to be overly conservative. -- Paul Vixie Redwood City, CA decwrl!vixie!paul <paul@vix.com>