On Wed, Dec 08, 1999 at 09:50:59AM -0800, Joel Klecker wrote: > No it's not, it's because binaries made from modified source are not > distributable. > > >It might just be simpler for everybody to talk to UW about it. Life would > >be much easier if they just BSD'd it or put it under Artistic (yuk) or > >something.. > > If UW *wanted* a free license, they would have kept the license they *had* > years ago which was free. Instead they changed it to the evil non-free > license *and* legally threatened anyone who tried to fork from the last ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > free pine. Does this sound like an organization that gives a damn about ^^^^^^^^^ > free software to you?
What was its primary licence ? What kind of free licence make such situations possible ??? (for me it is not free even a little bit if author can change his mind and take away your freedom)