Copyright for elvis 1.4 (elvis-tiny) This file contains the copyright part from the original README, and a clarification by the author. Copyright (C) Steve Kirkendall 1991 ==================== original copyright =========================== Elvis is a clone of vi/ex, the standard UNIX editor. Elvis supports nearly all of the vi/ex commands, in both visual mode and colon mode. Elvis is freely redistributable, in either source form or executable form. There are no restrictions on how you may use it. Author: Steve Kirkendall E-mail: kirkenda@cs.pdx.edu Snail 14407 SW Teal Blvd. Apt.C Mail: Beaverton, OR 97005 Phone: (503) 643-6980 ==================== clarification ================================ From: Steve Kirkendall Reply-To: kirkenda@cs.pdx.edu To: Miquel van Smoorenburg Subject: Re: elvis 1.4 Message-ID: <3A21A76D.CE7C4D2@uswest.net> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:14:37 -0800 Organization: Elvis References: <20001122144219.A6118@cistron.nl> Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > > Hello, > > I've packaged elvis 1.4 up as "elvis tiny" to have a small > vi clone for use on bootfloppies etc for the Debian/Linux distribution. > > The README says: > > Elvis is freely redistributable, in either source form or executable form. > There are no restrictions on how you may use it. > > Did you mean that it is allright to distribute modified versions > without any restrictions as well (I assume so, but someone filed > a bugreport against the elvis-tiny package claiming it wasn't > DFSG-free) Yes, modified versions can be freely redistributed. Elvis 2.0 was distributed with a slightly more restrictive license, which made some people uncomfortable; that's probably where the bug report came from. Elvis 2.1 and later are distributed under the Perl "Artistic" license.