[Rule-list] Thoughts on licensing

[Martin Stricker]

Devon wrote:

> On Wednesday 03 April 2002 05:02 pm, Martin Stricker wrote:
> 
> > Since syslinux is published under a BSD license slinky must also
> > include the BSD license text, not only the GPL text! We have to
> > honor all the licenses we use!
> 
> I'm not sure here, actually. Syslinux isn't actually included with
> Slinky. It is used to create the boot disk, and handles the boot
> process.
> However, the syslinux binary is not included. I've nothing against
> including the BSD license, of course. I'm just curious as to how this
> plays out.
> Thoughts anyone?

IANAL, but I think slinky *is* using syslinux because it boots off a
product of syslinux. The boot screen even mentions syslinux.

Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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