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List:       kde-licensing
Subject:    Re: disadvantages of Artistic license ?
From:       Don Sanders <dsanders () cch ! com ! au>
Date:       2000-03-01 3:49:18
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, mosfet wrote:
> > In regards to the MIT license this does puzzle me somewhat. Was the
> > distribution of binaries common when the MIT license was created? I wonder it
> > the creator of the license just didn't think about binaries.
> > 
> 
> Dunno, but the above has a lot of implications outside of the MIT
> license...

Yep.

> > Hmm, that's strange I thought I said:
> > <quote>
> > There have been some interesting points made about the Xfree license on
> > kde-licensing. I would suggest researching the Xfree license on kde-licensing
> > before using it, especially if you are intending to mix Xfree and GPL code,
> > (rather than just having GPL code link to an Xfree library).

I see now that I omitted the word 'licensed' I meant to say:
> > (rather than just having GPL code link to an Xfree licensed library).

I would also use the phrase 'MIT license' rather than 'Xfree license'.

Maybe that would have made things clearer.

BFN,
Don.

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