Hai; note also that for all the random people on the street know, said company went directly to the SA copyright holder, and got a license all their own, separate from the GPL/AL/NPL/BSD License/Whatever.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt > Kettler > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SAtalk] OT: SCO may have violated GNU > > > At 01:23 PM 6/11/2003 -0400, Shayne Lebrun wrote: > >Of course it's legal. > > > >If they've made any changes to SA, they're obligated to release them to > >anybody who buys the product (NOT necessarily to have them publically > >available on a web/FTP site; that's just usually the route people take.) > > > >If they've *not* made any changes to SA, they just incorporate it and go > >nuts. Anybody asks them for the source, they point the person to the SA > >website, and say 'we've not made any modifications.' > > It should also be pointed out that SA is NOT straight GPL software.. it's > dual-licensed with the Artistic license. > > Thus they don't absolutely have to release their changes if the > they choose > the Artistic License option 3c for "modified versions" and 4c for > distribution of object or executable form. Of course, IANAL, but the > artistic license does allow certain forms of use that the GPL does not.. > > Take your own read of the License file in the SA distro. Here's > the text of > the sections I mentioned > > 3. <snip> > c) rename any non-standard executables so the names do not conflict > with standard executables, which must also be provided, and provide > a separate manual page for each non-standard executable that clearly > documents how it differs from the Standard Version. > <snip> > 4. <snip> > c) accompany any non-standard executables with their corresponding > Standard Version executables, giving the non-standard executables > non-standard names, and clearly documenting the differences in manual > pages (or equivalent), together with instructions on where to get > the Standard Version. > <snip> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay > Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: > http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: eBay Great deals on office technology -- on eBay now! Click here: http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
