Netrek software is distributed under several different licenses, some that may even be in conflict with one another. Unfortunately, past attempts to resolve this issue were in vain due to the fact that it was impossible to contact all significant contributors to rerelease their works under a formal license. Although the consensus is that Netrek software license is more BSD-ish than GPL-ish, there is still disagreement about whether it may be distributed for-profit. Also, compiled Netrek binaries fall under U.S. export control regulations covering cryptography. All binary software distributed under the netrek.org umbrella are exempted under these regulations because I have secured that exemption on behalf of the netrek community. If Alex redistributes Netrek binary software containing encryption, then he or his company may need to obtain permission from U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security like we did. A clearer understanding of Alex's purpose and motivation may help. But the bottom line is that the netrek community does not have collective authority to grant a special license or collect any fees, so it may be best to simply quote the Netrek license to him in response, notify him of the cryptographic nature of Netrek software, request (but not require) reasonable publicity for Netrek (pointer to web page, etc), and leave it at that. On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 01:49:19AM +0200, E. Hietbrink wrote: > Ok, I'm a bit confused. I have no clue what this guys intent is, > but since he has responded he seems sincere. What to do? I have no clue > on whether he plans on making money off it for instance. I lack details, > and would like to know how to proceed. > > Advise please. asap. > > Greetx, Erik > Subject: Re: Netrek licensing information > To: "E. Hietbrink" <Shadow.Hunter at netrek.org> > From: Alexander.Prather at ogilvy.com > X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on MAILHUB2/OMG(Release 6.5|September 26, 2003) at 04/22/2004 > 05:40:37 PM > X-O-Virus-Status: No > X-O-URL-Status: Not Scanned > X-O-CSpam-Status: Not Scanned > X-O-Spam-Status: Not scanned > X-O-Image-Status: Not Scanned > X-SpheriQ-Ver: 1.3.4 > X-MDRcpt-To: ehb at publishnet.nl > X-Rcpt-To: ehb at publishnet.nl > X-MDRemoteIP: 213.239.192.3 > X-Return-Path: Alexander.Prather at ogilvy.com > X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: ehb at publishnet.nl > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on smtp > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=7.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no > version=2.63 > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Processed: smtp.pn.nl, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:41:55 +0200 > X-MDAV-Processed: smtp.pn.nl, Thu, 22 Apr 2004 23:41:55 +0200 > > > > > > Hi Erik , > > Thanks for getting back to me on this. Greatly appreciated. > > We are only planning on distributing your game on a USB (Universal Serial > Bus) keychain that IBM customers can load onto their computers. > > We are not asking for special packaging. If you still want to charge a fee > for us distributing this, please let me know as soon as possible. > > > Thanks, > Alex > 212 237 4315 > > Alexander Prather > Project Manager > OgilvyInteractive, New York > Office: +1-212-237 4315 > Fax: +1-212-237 5640 > E-mail: alexander.prather at ogilvy.com > > > > > "E. Hietbrink" > <Shadow.Hunter at ne To: Alexander.Prather at ogilvy.com > trek.org> cc: > Subject: Re: Netrek licensing information > 04/21/2004 05:23 > PM > > > > > > Alexander.Prather at ogilvy.com wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am contacting you in regards to licensing information for Netrek. Can > you > > please send me general information on costs? Or send me a link or contact > > information. > > > > We would like to put your game on a USB for IBM laptop customers. > > > > Thank you, > > Alex > > Hello Alexander, > > Sorry for responding this late, but I was unavailable. Regarding your > request, > I can inform you the game of Netrek is available free of charge. However if > you require special packaging we can help you arange it in exchange for a > symbolic donation to the cause ;-) See http://www.netrek.org/ for more > information. > > Could you perhaps provide us with some more details about your request? > Exactly what did you mean by USB? > > Looking forward to your response. > > Regards, > Erik Hietbrink > (Shadow.Hunter at netrek.org) > > > > > > > > Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. 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