From: firewind <firewind AT metroid DOT dyn DOT ml DOT org>
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Subject: Re: rand() or random()
Date: 15 Nov 1997 06:30:33 GMT
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Peter Palotas <blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se> wrote:
> At 16.03 1997-11-13 +0200, you wrote:
> >
> >On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Peter Palotas wrote:
> >
> >> Uhm... Excuse me, but does this mean that if I use random() in my programs
> >> the binaries must display "This product includes software developed 
> >> by.... "??
> >
> >Did I say I was no lawyer?
> >
> >However, observe this:
> >
> >> > * [...] (2) distributions including binaries display 
> >> > * the following acknowledgement [...]
> >> > * in the documentation or other materials provided with the distribution
> >      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >So it's not the binaries that must display the acknowledgement, it's the 
> >docs and the ads *included* in the binary distribuition.

> Well, this doesn't sound too good to me anyway.  I mean, isn't libc
> supposed to be totally free?

And it is. Of course, you, Richard Stallman, and the Regents of the 
University of California can argue as long as you want over the definition
of freedom.

Personally, I don't think it's a -horribly- terrible thing to put:

"This program includes code copyrighted by the Regents of the University
of California." 

in the 'Acknowledgments' section (you -do- have one, right?) of your 
documentation. (BTW, I'm no lawyer either, so I don't know if that quite
fits the bill.)

If you want to be free of this restriction, use rand() or write your own
RNG! UCB has the right to copyright their code however they like, and no
one is forcing you to use this code if you don't like its copyright.

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