Re: GPL Liscensing on New Release: What Gives?

• To: Tony Taylor <T_Taylor@att.net>
• Subject: Re: GPL Liscensing on New Release: What Gives?
• From: "Neil A. Carson" <neil@causality.com>
• Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 21:49:54 -0800
• CC: oskit-users@cs.utah.edu
• Organization: Causality Limited
• References: <19990116043514.DJVT25748@micron>
• Sender: neil@nc.com

Tony Taylor wrote:
> 
> I was really surprised at the announcement that the new
> release of oskit is encumbered by the GPL scheme.  What
> is really disturbing is that someone tacked on the cult Iicensing
> even though the project was funded by DARPA.  What gives?

Indeed, I'd have much sooner seem something like the Netscape licence on
the code (or BSD but that might be too liberal). But I'm rapidly coming
to the conclusion that GPL is just something that has to be lived with
:)

-- 
Neil A. Carson

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