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Re: lynx-dev Licensing Lynx -- License inconsistencies
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T.E.Dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev Licensing Lynx -- License inconsistencies |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Sep 1999 13:37:44 -0400 (EDT) |
> The file named COPYING, distributed with Lynx, claims that Lynx is
> covered by the GNU General Public License, some parts of the code -- in
> particular, the code from Bellcore -- carry advertising restrictions
> which are incompatible with the GPL:
This is from a module that uses part of metamail - and you left out the
previous line:
Some of the following is taken from:
(when citing things, it's useful to have the proper context).
-- if it's a problem, we'll rewrite the code (not a big problem, since some
people on the lynx-dev list have in fact already made changes to this).
> Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material
> for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
--
Thomas E. Dickey
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