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RE: scsh licensing



On 02-Feb-98 Brian D. Carlstrom wrote:
>Karl O. Pinc writes:
> > I understand the appeal of this sort of restriction, but RedHat, for
> > instance, _won't_ put it on their CD for the reasons I outlined.  
>
>My reading of the license is that ReHat just has to "notify" the authors
>of their intent to put it on the CD. I don't think the authors reserved
>the right to object...

I'm no lawyer, but the license says you gotta, and the intent seems pretty
clear.  At the risk of having the man come 'a knock'n on the door some night.  
The license wants notification in writing even.  What about all those poor
programmers who can't write?