10 Jun
2016
10 Jun
'16
8 p.m.
On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Peter Van Eynde <pvaneynd@mailworks.org> wrote: > Hello team, > > I fear that someone noticed a problem with the license of the PCL files > in cmucl. The license reads (for example from > https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/cmucl/cmucl/blob/master/src/pcl/boot.lisp): > > > ;;; > ************************************************************************* > > ;;; Copyright (c) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Xerox Corporation. > > ;;; All rights reserved. > > ;;; > > ;;; Use and copying of this software and preparation of derivative works > > ;;; based upon this software are permitted. Any distribution of this > > ;;; software or derivative works must comply with all applicable United > > ;;; States export control laws. > > ;;; > > ;;; This software is made available AS IS, and Xerox Corporation makes no > > ;;; warranty about the software, its performance or its conformity to any > > ;;; specification. > > ;;; > * ;;; Any person obtaining a copy of this software is requested to send > their > * ;;; name and post office or electronic mail address to: > * ;;; CommonLoops Coordinator > * ;;; Xerox PARC > * ;;; 3333 Coyote Hill Rd. > * ;;; Palo Alto, CA 94304 > * ;;; (or send Arpanet mail to CommonLoops-Coordinator.pa@Xerox.arpa) > * ;;; > * ;;; Suggestions, comments and requests for improvements are also > welcome. > > ;;; > ************************************************************************* > > the problem is the part marked by *, this is a requirement not > compatible with the DFSG. In addition the email and I guess address is > dead. > > I've noticed that sbcl never had this clause, and I assume that we can > remove it without someone complaining? > > SBCL has this: https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/blob/6910703602e75291d637eaf0d13d17f311be7c3e/CREDITS#L51 -- With best regards, Stas.