On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:15 PM, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately, I looked at the new OEIS end user license.  Very, very
> sadly, redistributing the above file is a blatant violation of these
> terms (see Section 2, number 2). So Mike, please remove it at some
> point so I don't get into trouble.  (I doubt they are going to do
> anything right now.)

It is an optional package so there are probably a number of locations
where it occurs.

> http://oeis.org/wiki/The_OEIS_End-User_License_Agreement
>
> I wonder if the OEIS used to be available under a different license,
> or maybe Sloane just didn't worry about licenses?  If it did used to
> be available under different terms?

I checked an older archive.org version of his site, and it doesn't
seem like there is any sort of license accompanying the files.

> And if you're the sort of person (like
> me), who has contributed to OEIS, to think twice before doing so in
> the future.

I wonder if it would be useful to contact the foundation and/or Sloane.

--Mike

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