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Joseph H Allen  
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 More options Feb 2 2000, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: comp.editors, comp.mail.pine
From: jhal...@world.std.com (Joseph H Allen)
Date: 2000/02/02
Subject: Re: pico isn't open source
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.20.0002022132540.23011-100...@arpad.thegreen.private>,
Jeffrey Goldberg  <J.Goldb...@Cranfield.ac.uk> wrote:

>Pico and Pine, the last time I looked, are about as close as possible to
>being Open Source without actually being Open Source.  Some argue that
>they are Open Source.  The dispute -- which I don't think that anyone has
>anything new to say about -- has to do with restrictions on redistributing
>modified versions of the software.  The UW license, the last time I read
>it, prohibits redistribution of modified versions.  This has been the
>sticking point of a feud which I would prefer not to see reopened.

How very rude since Pico is based on micro-emacs, which is perhaps a little
too open sourced (public domain, not GPL).  This is a good reason to
copyleft your freeware.

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