Re: [hypermail] Re: license in archive/

From: Kent Landfield <kent_at_hypermail-project.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 13:44:10 -0500 (CDT)
Message-Id: <200208051844.NAA14377_at_rkive.landfield.com>


# You could make the argument that running a commercial site
# or selling an distribution is actually making money from the package.

No. But if that's what you read then it is confusing. Reality is, that header has been on a good deal of my public code (hypermail and others) and no one has had a problem with it or used it outside of it's proper usage.

# It is good that your intention was different,=20
# it should be easy to clarify the statement then.

It is.

# > If you sell it as a standalone utility (yeah right :)) then there
# > is a problem.
#
# Where is the difference in selling it as part of 100 packages
# or as a single package? :)

Selling it standalone is much different than incorporating it into a compilation. In a compliation of packages it is a supporting piece, as a standalone it is the focus. Doesn't really matter. This was an old header from nearly 7 years ago...

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