[darcs-users] how to redistribute darcs+Eclipse
zooko at zooko.com
zooko at zooko.com
Mon Jun 6 14:24:40 UTC 2005
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>
> Regarding the Eclipse plugin, I agree with your analysis of Zooko's
> claims.
The claim in question [1] was "The author of the Eclipse darcs plugin is
legally disallowed from shipping a version of darcs that comes with the CPL'ed
Eclipse darcs plugin.".
You are right that this claim is far too strong. I should have said "The
author of the Eclipse darcs plugin cannot be certain that he is legally
allowed to ship a version of darcs that comes with the CPL'ed Eclipse darcs
plugin.".
Indeed, based on his statements [2], Leif Frenzel, the author of the plugin,
appears to believe that he is disallowed from doing so.
Unfortunately, this is a matter of opinion. Fortunately, one of the opinions
that matter most is David Roundy's, and he has strongly and unequivocally
stated that he intends for this to be okay [3]. It would be nice if Leif
Frenzell and other Eclipse hackers such as the Yoxos folks [4] will take
David's word for it and start bundling darcs with every copy of Eclipse. But
it may require some more legally binding statement before they do that.
Regards,
Zooko
[1] http://www.abridgegame.org/pipermail/darcs-users/2005-June/007695.html
[2] http://www.abridgegame.org/pipermail/darcs-users/2005-March/006232.html
[3] http://www.abridgegame.org/pipermail/darcs-users/2005-June/007699.html
[4] http://www.yoxos.com/
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