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Hi,

Pascal Bleser wrote:

> Quoting Benjamin: "it doesn't allow redistribution of modified versions,
> and redistribution of the unmodified versions is only for inclusion in
> non-profit things or by prior inclusion".
> 
> Also read:
> http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v1.2/faq.html#6.2
> http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-07-02-025-21-OP-CY-DB&tbovrmode=1
> 
> Comparing that to the OSI open source definition:
> "The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow
> them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the
> original software."
> Also violates this one: "The license must not place restrictions on
> other software that is distributed along with the licensed software."
> And that one: "The license shall not restrict any party from selling or
> giving away the software as a component of an aggregate software
> distribution containing programs from several different sources."
> 
> How about dropping them from the distribution ?
> pico can be replaced by GNU nano (that is already included in the
> distribution btw), and pine.. well... anyone still use pine ? (hint: use
> mutt ;))
> 
> What do you think ?

I still use Pine for all my work email and I would be quite upset if it
would be dropped. I don't care much  about pico (as I use vim to as the
editor in pine), but pine is essential. No, Mutt is not an option for
me. And no, just because I use Thunderbird for my personal mail does not
mean it would be an option either.

Back when I was still the maintainer of Pine on SUSE Linux, I actually
approached the University of Washington about this - SUSE has an
explicit and written approval to distribute pine/pico as part of their
distribution.

If required, I can dig around in my old mail folders about it, but SUSE
should have a copy of this agreement, too.

Bye,
        LenZ
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