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Article #75176Re: Please boycott Xircom
From: Gary Duzan
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 1990 17:43
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 1990 17:43
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In article <LENNOX.90Oct3111912@minilove.diag.stratus.com> lennox@minilove.diag.stratus.com (Craig Scott Lennox) writes:
=>In article <NELSON.90Oct2235049@image.clarkson.edu> nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes:
=>
=> Unfortunately, I *did* agree to let them
=> require a nondisclosure agreement, which modifies the copyright under
=> which the Xircom-Clarkson-derived software is distributed.
=>
=>As was already mentioned, a nondisclosure agreement for free software
=>is absurd, thus you ought not feel beholden to it.
=>
The solution is simple: include a non-disclosure agreement in the
distribution. The user can promise not to give away any secrets from the code,
but may give away copies of the code. The user would then mail the agreement
back to Xircom. Incredibly stupid, yes, but at least it is an agreement, and
it will probably annoy Xircom no end. Isn't that the goal here? :-]
Gary Duzan
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,4ee19de6d6fc42aa X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-10-03 15:30:36 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!gdtltr From: gdtltr@freezer.it.udel.edu (Gary Duzan) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Please boycott Xircom Message-ID: <32263@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 3 Oct 90 17:43:46 GMT References: <LENNOX.90Oct2110513@minilove.diag.stratus.com> <NELSON.90Oct2235049@image.clarkson.edu> <LENNOX.90Oct3111912@minilove.diag.stratus.com> Sender: usenet@ee.udel.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: Brain Dead Innovations (BDI) Lines: 27 Posted: Wed Oct 3 18:43:46 1990 Nntp-Posting-Host: mocha.it.udel.edu