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Posted to dev@ant.apache.org by Stefano Mazzocchi <st...@apache.org> on 2000/02/09 17:19:59 UTC
Tar task
Does anyone know of some tar classes that are not GPL-ed?
Jon, do you know the guy who wrote those GJT ones? could we make him
release them for us under BSD-like?
Would it be "legal" to redo a clean-room implementation looking at his
source code?
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Re: Tar task
Posted by Pierpaolo Fumagalli <pi...@apache.org>.
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of some tar classes that are not GPL-ed?
>
> Jon, do you know the guy who wrote those GJT ones? could we make him
> release them for us under BSD-like?
>
> Would it be "legal" to redo a clean-room implementation looking at his
> source code?
GJT is totally open...
/*
** Authored by Timothy Gerard Endres
** <ma...@ice.com> <http://www.ice.com>
**
** This work has been placed into the public domain.
** You may use this work in any way and for any purpose you wish.
**
** THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS-IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
** NOT EVEN THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY. THE AUTHOR
** OF THIS SOFTWARE, ASSUMES _NO_ RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY
** CONSEQUENCE RESULTING FROM THE USE, MODIFICATION, OR
** REDISTRIBUTION OF THIS SOFTWARE.
**
*/
package com.ice.tar;
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