Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!clarkson!grape.ecs.clarkson.edu!nelson From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Subject: Re: CWRU knowingly violated GNU license for clarkson drivers Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Date: 23 Mar 91 10:01:05 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: alw@po.CWRU.Edu's message of 22 Mar 91 20:33:43 GMT References: <1991Mar22.203343.12931@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Sender: usenet@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu In article <1991Mar22.203343.12931@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> alw@po.CWRU.Edu (Alice L. Withaar) writes: It would be laughable, were it not so serious. INS, which so solemnly assures us that it would never let us see the source code for the suite of Stanford programs (programs that include the TCPIP and MH software), because that would violate the license agreement with Stanford, has blatantly violated the copyright and license agreement relating to the Clarkson packet drivers by _failing to give us the source code to those programs_. [ This definitely belongs on the TCP/IP mailing list, because it covers copyright issues on a network. How do you ensure that all network users and administrators abide by the copyright on a piece of software? -russ] You should be aware that we here at Clarkson also "fail to" give our users the source code to the packet drivers. It's impossible to include the entire text of the GNU General Public License. So, the copyright refers to the COPYING file for the full details. I think you only have a case if your INS *refused* to give you the source or *refused* tell you how to get it. -- --russ I'm proud to be a humble Quaker. It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson I joined the League for Programming Freedom, and I hope you'll join too.