On Monday 25 June 2007, Till Harbaum / Lists wrote: >Hi, > >i just noticed, that xfig does not come under GPL while Chris' > truetypetracer does. Since he asked me to comply to the GPL i prefer to > avoid any >uncertainties and conflicts and have removed the files in question. > >I ask you not to use the version i had online and instead delete it asap. > >Sorry for the confusion, > Till
That sucks, to quote SWMBO, "dead toads through soda straws". However, if the manpages are inspected, one thing is obvious. Xfig itself is quite elderly, and the license terms listed at the bottom of the manpages predate the GPLv1 by about 6 or 7 years, but I didn't quickly see anything that would clash with the GPL, and 3.2.4 is in fact available from the fedora repo's and I have it installed on this FC6 system. If the RedHat legal team accepted it, it would seem to me that its good. I believe, but have not checked, that its also available from the debian repo's which also says its compatible with the GPL. Chris: Without trying to be a lawyer cuz I'm not, just curious, what was the objection based on? >Am Montag 25 Juni 2007 schrieb Ben Dugan: >> Till, >> >> Thanks so much for keeping this! We've used it just a bit here and I >> will keep trying it as I have more new pieces to machine. >> >> Ben > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express >Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take >control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. >http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If computers take over (which seems to be their natural tendency), it will serve us right. -- Alistair Cooke ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
