On Tue Mar 31 11:21, Joerg Dorchain wrote: > > More importantly though, can you confirm the licence it is distributed > > under? You aren't the original author, so they obviously licenced it to > > you some how. > > From the comments of the file I'd read public domain. My source > was from FreeBSD (e.g. > http://www.freebsdsoftware.org/security/opieprint.html) From this > I assume the licence allows redistribution and modification. The comments in the file unfortunately don't say anything regarding what licence it's being distributed under. The default assumption in any berne-convention country (aka, basically anywhere) has to be that all rights are reserved by the author.
I've asked the freebsd guys what they do to check software before going into their archive, but if I could have a statement from you that your changes are licenced under the BSD or expat licences (which are basically PD) I can chase the original author to get a statement from him, or get something from the BSD guys Matt -- Matthew Johnson
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