Re: regexps

[Chris B. Vetter]

On Fri, 07 Feb 2003 00:16:25 GMT
MJ Ray <markj+0111@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane_Corth=E9sy?= <stephane@sente.ch> wrote:
> > Here's an ObjC wrapper for Henry Spencer's regex: Mike Ferris' MOKit
> > http://www.lorax.com/FreeStuff/MOKit.html
> > Package is for MacOS X, but is open-source.
> Are you sure that it's free software?  As far as I can see, it is
> neither free software nor open source.  I only found "Copyright
> (c)1996-1999 by Mike Ferris.  All Rights Reserved." in it, but maybe I
> missed the full licence of which you speak.

Depends on your definition of "free" ;-)

The CVS version of MOKit, hosted on Soul^Wsourceforge states:

  Ferris Public Source License Ver. 1.2

  0. This license is based on the Apple Public Source License version
  1.2. All references to Apple, Apple Computer, and any other Apple
  trademarks or copyrights have been modified or removed. 
  [...]

  2.1 You may use, reproduce, display, perform, modify and distribute
  Original Code, with or without Modifications, solely for Your
  internal research and development and/or Personal Use, provided that
  in each instance: 
  [...]

For a OS hard-liner it certainly isn't free as, say GPL
(And no, I don't want to start another discussion on THAT issue :-)

-- 
Chris