L. V. Lammert wrote: >On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, David Dooling wrote: > > > >>pine is not free software. It's license does not allow the >>distribution of modified binaries. I would recommend mutt. >> >> >> >Sorry, but Pine is BSD licensed: > >"Use of Pine/Pico/Pilot: You may compile and execute these programs for >any purpose, including commercial, without paying anything to the >University of Washington, provided that the legal notices are maintained >intact and honored." > >It is freely available on BSD and other systems. > > Lee > >================================================ > Leland V. Lammert [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chief Scientist Omnitec Corporation > Network/Internet Consultants www.omnitec.net >================================================ > >_______________________________________________ >CWE-LUG mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.cwelug.org/ >http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ >http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ > > > The FAQ explains, in more detail, the restriction on derivative works from Pine.
http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/legal.html "10.1 Is Pine Open Source?" "It depends on how that term is defined. Source for Unix Pine is provided to allow users and system administrators to customize and adapt Pine for their own requirements. UW's Pine license <http://www.washington.edu/pine/overview/legal.html> allows anyone to download source code for Unix Pine and make modifications for their own local use without asking permission. Anyone can also create and distribute patch files to implement bug fixes or minor enhancements without asking permission. However, redistribution of a modified version of Pine requires explicit permission from the University of Washington." "10.2 Weren't earlier Pine licenses less restrictive regarding redistribution of modified versions?" "No. License <http://www.washington.edu/pine/overview/legal.html> wording has changed from time to time, but the owner's intent has not. When it was discovered that some individuals were misinterpreting the intent of the University, the license wording was clarified. In particular, the earliest Pine licenses included the words: "Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software... is hereby granted," but some people tried to pervert the meaning of that sentence to define "this software" to include derivative works of "this software". The intent has always been that you can re-distribute the UW distribution, but if you modify it, you have created a derivative work and must ask permission to redistribute it. There has never been implicit or explicit permission given to redistribute modified or derivative versions without permission. The license wording was therefore changed to clarify this point." -- Jerry Hubbard [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
