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Subject: Re: DJGPP for a school?
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 20:12:14 -0700
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Jeremy Nelson wrote:
> 
> Chris Sheppard <cesheppa AT novice DOT uwaterloo DOT ca> wrote:
> >Would there be any licensing considerations if a school were to want to
> >put DJGPP on their network, for free use by the students?
> 
> The only consideration is that the GNU tools (gcc, gdb, and others) dont
> allow you to forbid someone from copying them, so you must be willing to
> allow your students to make copies of them if they want (they very well
> might be aware of their rights to copy and will do it without asking)
> and they also have the right to give copies away to anyone _they_ want.
> 
> You might also consider providing the sources to the GNU tools online.
> While the license doesnt strictly require that, it does give you a few
> less optimal choices (like being required to provide sources on-demand
> to anyone who might ask for them.)
> 
> The BSD and DJ's copyright dont have any practical restrictions that i was
> able to ascertain.
> 
> In all three cases, all licenses are "Freeware" licenses, and so you may
> use them freely, without license or royalty charges.
> 
> YMMV.  Im sure someone will correct me if i am incorrect.
> 
> Jeremy


yeah, isn't freeware great? =)