[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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