Re: ftpparse licensing issue

Dropping urgent from the subject thread.

Sean Covel <[email protected]> writes:

> The "License" in question is this:

> -----------------------------------------
> /* ftpparse.c, ftpparse.h: library for parsing FTP LIST responses
> D. J. Bernstein, [email protected]
> 19970712 (doc updated 19970810)
> Commercial use is fine, if you let me know what programs you're using
> this in.

Right.  Note that this doesn't grant the right to distribute modified
versions, which is required by the DFSG.

> The whole controversy is "Commercial use is fine, if you let me know
> what programs you're using this in."

That's what the discussion has been about, but I think it's actually a red
herring.  That's controversial and a matter of interpretation, but the
lack of permission to distribute modified versions is djb's intention, as
I recall from past list traffic, and is clear-cut in the DFSG (whereas the
notification issue isn't).

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Russ Allbery ([email protected])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>