Re: [GNU-linux-libre] Freedom issues in lame, cdrkit, SDL, foomatic-filters, freepascal, unzip

[Karl Goetz]

On Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:40:13 -0400
Brett Smith <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 09/06/2011 05:27 PM, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> >> fpcbuild-2.4.2/fpcsrc/packages/opengl/src/gl.pp
> >> fpcbuild-2.4.2/fpcsrc/packages/opengl/src/glu.pp
> > 
> >>     Quote
> >>     ** Copyright 1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
> >>     ** All Rights Reserved.
> >>     **
> >>     ** This is UNPUBLISHED PROPRIETARY SOURCE CODE of Silicon
> >> Graphics, Inc.; ** the contents of this file may not be disclosed
> >> to third parties, copied or ** duplicated in any form, in whole or
> >> in part, without the prior written ** permission of Silicon
> >> Graphics, Inc.
> > 
> > I suggest checking whether these are not part of the *GL code that
> > SGI relicensed under a Free Software license a while ago.  If they
> > are, taking them under the new license is probably an easy fix.
> 
> Unfortunately they are not.  The files you're thinking of were all
> published under the terms of the misnamed SGI Free License B and GLX
> Public License.  I don't remember ever seeing this non-license before.

Annoyingly, I keep feeling like I *have* seen this before, but can't
remember where or when.

Jason, do you still have a fossology instance? Do you have any hits for
this?


thanks,
kk

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