Re: [htdig-dev] Licensing issues...

2004-07-27 Thread Neal Richter
On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:11:52PM -0600, Neal Richter wrote: > > > 2) Can I reasonably argue that htdig is gpl (or lgpl) if its linked > > > against a 3 or a 4 cloause BSD license? - htdig .3.1.6 builds static > > > libraries (.a) it links against. > >

Re: [htdig-dev] Licensing issues...

2004-07-27 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 03:11:52PM -0600, Neal Richter wrote: > > 2) Can I reasonably argue that htdig is gpl (or lgpl) if its linked > > against a 3 or a 4 cloause BSD license? - htdig .3.1.6 builds static > > libraries (.a) it links against. > > Sure you can! > > Note that although the Free

Re: [htdig-dev] Licensing issues...

2004-07-26 Thread Neal Richter
> Here's my set of questions: > > 2) Can I reasonably argue that htdig is gpl (or lgpl) if its linked > against a 3 or a 4 cloause BSD license? - htdig .3.1.6 builds static > libraries (.a) it links against. Sure you can! Note that although the Free Software Foundation may say that a 4-claus

Re: [htdig-dev] Licensing issues...

2004-07-22 Thread Robert Ribnitz
Gabriele Bartolini wrote: Hi Robert, I am not the ideal person to give you an answer about licensing. However, I remember that for Berkeley DB ht://Dig has a special license (db/LICENSE), which allows version 3.0.55 (patched) to be distributed along with ht://Dig (and only with it). It is an "a

Re: [htdig-dev] Licensing issues...

2004-07-22 Thread Gabriele Bartolini
Hi Robert, I am not the ideal person to give you an answer about licensing. However, I remember that for Berkeley DB ht://Dig has a special license (db/LICENSE), which allows version 3.0.55 (patched) to be distributed along with ht://Dig (and only with it). It is an "ad-hoc" and special lic

[htdig-dev] Licensing issues...

2004-07-22 Thread Robert Ribnitz
Hello List, I am in the process of making my package ('htdig') lintian-clean. Part of that cleanness (lintian does not complain about) is getting a summary of all the licenses used into the copyright file. My situation is as follows (for htdig 3.1.6): htdig itself is GPL, more recent versions ar