Re: QT Designer _NOT_ under QPL.

2000-08-16 Thread Joseph Carter
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 02:09:57PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > Troll Tech clearly does have the ability to grant implicit permission for > > their code and anyone on this list should concede that this software has > > no legal problems. > > Huh? Here you say it doesn't have problems...

IMAPD license problem?

2000-08-16 Thread Raul Miller
Hi, I've been told that you, or someone working with you, has threatened to sue the FSF (Free Software Foundation) for distributing modified copies of IMAPD. I believe the IMAPD copyright contains the following text: # Date: 7 December 1989 # Last Edited: 9 January 1998 # # Copyright 19

Re: IMAPD license problem

2000-08-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:07:56PM -0600, Richard Stallman wrote: > Here's a copy of the license: > > # Copyright 1998 by the University of Washington > # > # Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its > # documentation for any purpose and without fe

Re: Export Restrictions

2000-08-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 03:34:13PM -0600, Dompnier, Frank wrote: > > Name: Frank Dompnier > We are interested in purchasing Debian Linux for our subsidiary company > based in Khartoum, Sudan. Please confirm that the use of this technology > will not constitute a prohibited export of goods or techno

Re: QT Designer _NOT_ under QPL.

2000-08-16 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Joseph Carter wrote: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 02:09:57PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > Troll Tech clearly does have the ability to grant implicit permission for > > > their code and anyone on this list should concede that this software has > > > no legal problems. > > > > Huh? Here yo

Re: IMAPD license problem

2000-08-16 Thread Mark Brown
On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 03:09:14AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > I agree. Courier IMAPD claims to be GPL'ed, maybe Debian can just dump the > UWash IMAPD until they pull their heads out? Courier IMAPD only supports Maildirs, not traditional mailbox format. -- Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: IMAPD license problem

2000-08-16 Thread Richard Stallman
However, since the language of this license appears to have been borrowed from the original MIT/X Consortium license, perhaps the people who wrote it could be tracked down to offer their opinion. We got lots of people on record saying they believe this license means what we always thou