On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Klaus Kudielka wrote:
> > I should be able to do some work on the sattrack package this weekend.
>
> Since Bester doesn't seem to maintain SatTrack 3 anymore (I found *no*
> reference on the SatTrack homepage), I think we need a maintainer - not
> just of the Debian package, but of the "original" tarball.
>
> Are you going to volunteer? ;)
I would like to provide a rpm archive for our distribution as well but
have a look at the copyright notice:
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SatTrack V3.1
Copyright (c) 1992-1997 Bester Tracking Systems. All Rights Reserved.
Permission to use, copy, and distribute SatTrack V3.1 and its documentation
in its entirety for educational, research and non-profit purposes, without
fee, and without a written agreement is hereby granted, provided that the
above copyright notice and the following three paragraphs appear in all
copies. SatTrack may be modified for personal purposes, but modified versions
may NOT be distributed without prior consent of Bester Tracking Systems.
Permission to incorporate this software into commercial products may be
obtained Bester Tracking Systems at the address below.
Bester Tracking Systems
P.O. Box 8899
Emeryville, CA 94662, USA
Phone: (510) 654-7824
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WWW: www.bester.com
Note that distributing SatTrack 'bundled' in with ANY product is considered
to be a 'commercial purpose'.
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"...modified versions may NOT be distributed without prior consent..."
This makes it difficult to "maintain" the package. I have asked Mr. Bester
for permission to incorporate his software into our distro but he did not
grant it. :(
> -Klaus
Regards, Kai
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