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GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

Posted Jan 2, 2013 16:59 UTC (Wed) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239)
In reply to: GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns by rfontana
Parent article: GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

I have recollections of something like "If IBM thinks it may do evil, IBM would need to negotiate a new license".


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GNU sed 4.2.2 released; maintainer resigns

Posted Jan 8, 2013 17:04 UTC (Tue) by mgedmin (subscriber, #34497) [Link]

IIRC he said he gave an explicit right for IBM to use the software for evil, after receiving a request from IBM's laywers.

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