Subject: Legal status of pine

From: John Chajecki <[email-masked]>
Date: 26 May 1995 11:30:55 GMT

Someone posted an article asking for the Legal status of Pine. The 
article seems to have since disappeared from the list. The following is 
an excerpt from the technical notes for Pine which have to be downloaded
seperately from the main distribution:

>           Permission to use, copy,  modify,  and  distribute
>           this  software  and its documentation for any pur-
>           pose and without fee to the University of Washing-
>           ton  is  hereby  granted,  provided that the above
>           copyright notice appears in all  copies  and  that
>           both  the  above copyright notice and this permis-
>           sion notice appear  in  supporting  documentation,
>           and  that the name of the University of Washington
>           not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining
>           to  distribution of the software without specific,
>           written prior permission.  This software  is  made
>           available as is.
> 
>           THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DISCLAIMS ALL WARRAN-
>           TIES,  EXPRESS  OR  IMPLIED,  WITH  REGARD TO THIS
>           SOFTWARE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ALL IMPLIED
>           WARRANTIES  OF  MERCHANTABILITY  AND FITNESS FOR A
>           PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND  IN  NO  EVENT  SHALL  THE
>           UNIVERSITY  OF  WASHINGTON  BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPE-
>           CIAL, INDIRECT OR  CONSEQUENTIAL  DAMAGES  OR  ANY
>           DAMAGES  WHATSOEVER  RESULTING  FROM  LOSS OF USE,
>           DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,

John Chajecki
Network Technician
School of the Built Environment
De Montfort University
[email-masked]

---

From: Terry Gray <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 09:23:03 -0700 (PDT)

In addition to the text included below, there are two more important pieces
to the story:

 Pine and Pico are trademarks of the University of Washington. No commercial
 use of these trademarks may be made without prior written permission of the
 University of Washington.

 Pine and Pico software and its included text are Copyright 1989-1994 by the
 University of Washington.

These paragraphs and the text below are included at the end of the Release
Notes ("R" on the Main Menu.)

-teg