Re: Linux positioning statement for use in press inquiries (fwd)

1999-02-06 Thread Richard Stallman
Yes. I asked Wietse about it some weeks ago and I understood from his reply that he is trying to change it. I've been speaking with some of them and encouraging them too; I'm glad that Debian folk are also helping. I believe that the developers in IBM are sincerely trying to solve this pr

Re: Linux positioning statement for use in press inquiries (fwd)

1999-02-05 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Feb 04, Joseph Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> They are also distributed another another license, which is now very >> nearly free (thanks to positive feedback from us), but still, >> unfortunately, has an irritating clause about termination (no, not the 90 >> day one). Check the -lega

Re: Linux positioning statement for use in press inquiries (fwd)

1999-02-05 Thread John Hasler
Jules Bean writes: > (you partook in this discussion, in fact - perhaps you haven't made the > connection yet) I remember. I'm looking for some evidence that what we discussed was actually implemented. Where do I go to download Secure Mailer or Jikes under licenses other than the ones I found th

Re: Linux positioning statement for use in press inquiries (fwd)

1999-02-05 Thread Bruce Perens
> Bruce was plugged in to this deal, and I've taken the liberty of adding > him to the CC list - Bruce, do you know the latest on these > two? Here is the latest IBM license, which is applied to the Jikes parser generator and Postfix (Secure Mailer). It still has the unacceptable termination clau

Re: Linux positioning statement for use in press inquiries (fwd)

1999-02-04 Thread Jules Bean
On 4 Feb 1999, John Hasler wrote: > Jules Bean writes: > > However, that's not the only license which Jikes and Secure Mailer are > > distributed under. > > > They are also distributed another another license, which is now very > > nearly free (thanks to positive feedback from us), but still, > >

Re: Linux positioning statement for use in press inquiries (fwd)

1999-02-04 Thread John Hasler
Jules Bean writes: > However, that's not the only license which Jikes and Secure Mailer are > distributed under. > They are also distributed another another license, which is now very > nearly free (thanks to positive feedback from us), but still, > unfortunately, has an irritating clause about te

Re: Linux positioning statement for use in press inquiries (fwd)

1999-02-04 Thread Jules Bean
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Joseph Carter wrote: > On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 09:04:52PM +, Jules Bean wrote: > > They are also distributed another another license, which is now very > > nearly free (thanks to positive feedback from us), but still, > > unfortunately, has an irritating clause about termin

Re: Linux positioning statement for use in press inquiries (fwd)

1999-02-04 Thread Joseph Carter
On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 09:04:52PM +, Jules Bean wrote: > They are also distributed another another license, which is now very > nearly free (thanks to positive feedback from us), but still, > unfortunately, has an irritating clause about termination (no, not the 90 > day one). Check the -lega

Re: Linux positioning statement for use in press inquiries (fwd)

1999-02-04 Thread Jules Bean
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Joseph Carter wrote: > > >From the AlphaWorks license: > > > >IBM grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to download the > >Software and use it only for your personal, non-commercial and lawful > >end use. Implied licenses are negated. > > > >You

Re: Linux positioning statement for use in press inquiries (fwd)

1999-02-04 Thread Joseph Carter
On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 01:14:51PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > The open source movement is the latest industry initiative in the drive > > toward open standards. In response to customer needs, IBM has made code > > for several technologies available as open source software. These > > include IB