On Mon, 25 Aug 2003, Andreas Barth wrote: > So, this license is specific to be used only as "part of a product or > programm".
You're missing the key phrase on which Branden's argument (and mine) is based on: 'developed by the user' This phrase read conservatively (eg. reserving the rights not specifically granted by the license to the copyright holder) indicates that those who do not develop a product or a program containing SunRPC do not have permision to license or distribute SunRPC code. If someone can dig up where Sun clarifies the meaning of the license to mean MIT/X11+not alone, (or better, just MIT/X11) that would indicate that Sun was merely sloppy on the wording of the license. Furthermore, as a slight nitpick, the 'part of a product or program developed by the user' only applies to distribution or licensing, not modification, copying, or use. Don Armstrong -- "There's no problem so large it can't be solved by killing the user off, deleting their files, closing their account and reporting their REAL earnings to the IRS." -- The B.O.F.H.. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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