From: jweirich@... Date: 2001-11-10T11:39:41+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:24817] Re: license terms (Re: Re: kill rdtool?) >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Brannan writes: >> # Permission is granted for use, copying, modification, distribution, >> # and distribution of modified versions of this work as long as the >> # above copyright notice is included. Paul> I really like how succinct this license is. But what about distribution Paul> of unmodified versions of the work? As others have pointed out, the first "distribution" covers this. Early versions didn't include "distribution of modified versions" explicitly. When the FSF contacted me and suggested that I add the phrase. At first I thought it was redundant. But then I read an account of litigation over that very issue, so I decided it doesn't hurt to be explicit. -- -- Jim Weirich jweirich@one.net http://w3.one.net/~jweirich --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth (in a memo to Peter van Emde Boas)