dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) (10/17/88)
(I'm breaking my own moratorium to make this announcement. Please send email if you have questions or comments, and I will summarize and respond to all in a few weeks.) Because of all the constant doubts expressed about not knowing which versions of zoo are free/public domain/etc., I have decided to do the following. I will make a version of zoo available in almost-public-domain form, complete with source code for UNIX, VAX/VMS, and MS-DOS. This will be called "FreeZoo", or "fz" for short. There will be no restrictions on what you may do with it with the following exceptions: 1. My copyright notice must be preserved. (You will, however, be welcome to add your own copyright notice to any derivative works that you may create.) 2. No derivative work may be created, either deliberately or through negligence, that creates zoo archives that violate the compatibility goals described in the zoo reference manual. I will incorporate any bug fixes into FreeZoo that may have been made in versions of zoo currently in circulation, so you will have a supported and reliable product. With the exception of handling multiple generations of files (a rather arcane feature suitable mostly for technically-knowledgeable users) FreeZoo will do everything that zoo 2.x does. The above policy should adequately meet the needs of those looking for a public domain archiving format and source code to implement it. If you find the requirements 1 and 2 listed above to be unreasonable, please send email. (Note that requirement 2 is for your protection, and requirement 1 is necessary if I am to effectively ensure that requirement 2 is followed.) (Slinking back into moratorium. To get answers to questions, send them by email instead of posting. I will post a question-answer summary in a few weeks.) -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi
pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) (10/18/88)
In article <4357@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
...I will make a version of zoo available in almost-public-domain form,
...complete with source code for UNIX, VAX/VMS, and MS-DOS. This will be
...called "FreeZoo", or "fz" for short. There will be no restrictions on
...what you may do with it with the following exceptions:
God Bless You!
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mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Freeman) (11/03/88)
In <4357@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes: >Because of all the constant doubts expressed about not knowing which >versions of zoo are free/public domain/etc., I have decided to do the >following. > >I will make a version of zoo available in almost-public-domain form, >complete with source code for UNIX, VAX/VMS, and MS-DOS. This will be >called "FreeZoo", or "fz" for short. > >I will incorporate any bug fixes into FreeZoo that may have been made >in versions of zoo currently in circulation, so you will have a >supported and reliable product. With the exception of handling >multiple generations of files (a rather arcane feature suitable mostly >for technically-knowledgeable users) FreeZoo will do everything that >zoo 2.x does. I would like to take this opportunity to applaud Rahul for this announcement. I think this goes a long way toward removing the confusion and ambiguity previously surrounding zoo and it's status with regard to distribution, use, and modification. Once I get my hands on it and see that it really is as advertised, maybe I can lobby hard enough to get some of the CompuServe FORUMS to use zoo format instead of ARC. I'm pretty sure I can excise SEA ARC from being used internally at least. Disclaimer: My opinions do not reflect CompuServe policy. In fact, they often don't even influence company policy. But, there's always hope. -- Mark D. Freeman (614) 262-1418 Applications Programmer, CompuServe mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu [70003,4277] ...!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mdf Columbus, OH Guest account at The Ohio State University