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Re: The new apache license



On Feb 18, 2004, at 6:38 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> The new apache license is not acceptable.  Code written under that
> new license will never go into our tree.

Well, that is their perogative...

> Look, I am quite frankly getting sick and tired of this.  It is time
> for the user community to tell these software developers who have
> gotten themselves involved with lawyers to stop it.

And they'd believe us over their lawyers because? I got sick of wading 
through their mailing list archives...

> As of this moment in time, therefore, it looks like the httpd in
> OpenBSD has now become a fork.  It will continue to be managed
> under the existing license.

Given the hyperbole on their website and how just pleased as punch they 
are with their new license and rollout, I doubt there is any other 
option (I hate to be doom and gloom, grrrr..).

(Paypal just helped me put my money where my OS-heart is...)

<D\'gou