On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 08:56:41PM +1300, Carey Evans wrote: > This is something I should have sorted out a long time ago, but I > guess I haven't gotten around to it until now. > > The x3270 program is currently in non-free. There are two licenses > responsible for this, one on some of the fonts, and the other on the > code the current version is based on. All other parts of the package > have a license very similar to the X11 license. > > > I. The Fonts > > } Copyright © 1990 by the Georgia Institute of Technology. > } All rights reserved except for those rights explicitly mentioned > } below. > } Permission is granted to distribute freely or to modify and > } distribute freely any materials and information contained herein > } as long as the above copyright and all terms associated with it > } remain intact. > > This seems pretty much the same as the X11 license, although it > doesn't actually mention "use". Does this matter? Are there any > other problems with this license?
Nope, this is fine. Use is covered by the Fair Use provision of Copyright law. The fonts are free. > II. The Original Code > > } Copyright © 1989 by Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA > } 30332. > } All Rights Reserved. GTRC hereby grants public use of this > } software. Derivative works based on this software must incorporate > } this copyright notice. > > What does "public use" mean? Should I try emailing or writing to GTRC > or the Georgia Institute of Technology to find out? We don't have permission to redistribute (at all---why is this in non-free?) Please do try to contact the Copyright holders if you can. This license obviously does not say what they intend it to mean. -- Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian Linux developer http://tank.debian.net GnuPG key pub 1024D/DCF9DAB3 sub 2048g/3F9C2A43 http://www.debian.org 20F6 2261 F185 7A3E 79FC 44F9 8FF7 D7A3 DCF9 DAB3 <Espy_on_crack> "I installed 'Linux 6.1', doesn't that make me a unix guru?" <BenC> Espy_on_crack: no, you have to install it twice before you are a guru...once to prove you can do it, the second to fix the things your broke the first time <Espy_on_crack> oh right, how silly of me
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