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README for license conditions of the Heirloom Toolchest
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The Heirloom Toolchest is derived from a variety of sources; the
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respective licensing terms can be found in the other files in this
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directory; in addition, each source file contains the license terms
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of the original author at its top.
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All newly written code is put under a zlib-style license (except for
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additions to the GPL and LGPL code in awk and libuxre). The rationale
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is that for something distributed as widely as Unix code, any license
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that requires more than naming the author would only cause annoyance.
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In effect, this means that commercial Unix vendors who already have a
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Unix source code license can use nearly all of this code without being
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forced to mention it in other places than the source code files.
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However, if you work for such a vendor, don't do so. Instead, convince
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the management to release at least the utility source. There is really
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nothing to keep secret about it to have an advantage over competitors,
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as any person or company can simply use the source of this or another
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toolchest to have comparable functionality. So by releasing the source
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to your version, you lose nothing, but you will make your users happy
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since they can use it as a reference. And happy users also mean more
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money in the end.
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Gunnar Ritter 9/22/03
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