RMS asked about other free-software IMAP servers. Cyrus isn't one, but
acording to one of their lawyers... their intents match the GNU GPL
I had this conversation a while ago
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Let me clarify the intent behind CMU's Cyrus copyright.
It is NOT Carnegie Mello
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Nicol=E1s?= Lichtmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>RMS asked about other free-software IMAP servers. Cyrus isn't one, but
>acording to one of their lawyers... their intents match the GNU GPL
I don't see how. The GPL seeks to restrict proprietary use to keep the
software free, wh
Could you confirm that the IBM public license is valid and that
the below-mentioned mix of licenses is allowable in main?
Thanks,
Andrew Stribblehill
Systems Programmer IT Service, University of Durham, England
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Colin Watson wrote:
> >RMS asked about other free-software IMAP servers. Cyrus isn't one, but
> >acording to one of their lawyers... their intents match the GNU GPL
>
> I don't see how. The GPL seeks to restrict proprietary use to keep the
> software free, while, according to the lawyer you
Scripsit Peter S Galbraith
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > >acording to one of their lawyers... their intents match the GNU GPL
> > the Cyrus licence seeks to restrict commercial use to let them make more
> > money. The intents aren't really that similar.
> They don't want to limit commercial _use
Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Peter S Galbraith
> > Colin Watson wrote:
>
> > > >acording to one of their lawyers... their intents match the GNU GPL
>
> > > the Cyrus licence seeks to restrict commercial use to let them make more
> > > money. The intents aren't really that similar.
>
>
Scripsit Peter S Galbraith
> Henning Makholm wrote:
> > Scripsit Peter S Galbraith
> > > Colin Watson wrote:
> > > > the Cyrus licence seeks to restrict commercial use to let them make more
> > > > money. The intents aren't really that similar.
> > > They don't want to limit commercial _use_, the
Henning Makholm wrote:
> Scripsit Peter S Galbraith
> > Henning Makholm wrote:
> > > Scripsit Peter S Galbraith
> > > > Colin Watson wrote:
>
> > > > > the Cyrus licence seeks to restrict commercial use to let them make m
> ore
> > > > > money. The intents aren't really that similar.
>
> > > >
Can you email me a copy of the original pine source, which had this
license on it, so I can see for myself what I'm talking about?
Sorry, I cannot find that myself.
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