Re: [JDEV] license

[Eliot Landrum <elandrum@bigfoot.com>]

I'm not really following how this code is going to be fit into the
project, so if this is irrelevant, please disregard - this is just a
thought I had. A lot of times if an item cannot be included because of
specific licensing problems, it is done as a module or patch type of thing
that can be downloaded seperetly (precompiled or what have you). Would it
be possible to do that for this?

Just an idea that popped in my head.. (gosh that happens too much!).

Eliot Landrum
elandrum@bigfoot.com

On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Corbett J. Klempay wrote:

> I haven't heard back from Peter Gutmann at all, but I think we cannot put
> it out under GPL...this is ripped from the header of one of the bigint
> code files:
> 
>  * The licence and distribution terms for any publically available version
> or
>  * derivative of this code cannot be changed.  i.e. this code cannot
> simply be
>  * copied and put under another distribution licence
>  * [including the GNU Public Licence.]
> 
> So what does this mean for us?  I mean, do we avoid using this if we
> cannot put it out under GPL?  Or do we use it and put it out under its
> license? (as in how important is it that we release under GPL)
> 
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