Re: Prayertime Library

["Ahmad Twaijry" <msx at hush dot com>]

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Anyway even if it under GPL I don't think we need it because we have
better codes and easy to read/include in any program

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 05:08:33 -0800 abdulhaq <al-arabeyes at alinsyria dot fsnet dot co dot uk>
wrote:
>assalaamu `alaykum
>I've run into Waleed's work before and I tried emailing him (it
>appears that
>he's an IT professor now). I did not get a reply and I have the
>impression he
>doesn't want to deal with his old programs any more. However, his
>original
>copyright notice is unambiguous and is obviously not GPL. I suspect
>that the
>brother who debian-ised is was a bit careless about attaching the
>GPL notice
>to it as it's the original license which is correct. It is possible
>that his
>licence is equivalent to the GPL but I am not a lawyer.
>
>You can freely use his code of course providing you adhere to the
>conditions
>stipulated in his original licence.
>
>On Monday 01 December 2003 11:04 am, Mohammed Elzubeir wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 02:28:55AM -0800, Ahmad Twaijry wrote:
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>> > Here what I have found in the file
>> >
>> > /*  hdate.c  v1.1
>> >  *
>> >  * Copyright (c) 1992 by Waleed A. Muhanna
>> >  *
>> >  * Permission for nonprofit use and redistribution of this software
>and
>> >  * its documentation is hereby granted without fee, provided
>that the
>> >  * above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both
>that
>> > copyright * notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
>> > documentation. *
>> >  * No representation is made about the suitability of this software
>for
>> > any
>> >  * purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied
>warranty.
>> >  *
>> >  * Send any comments/suggestions/fixes/additions to:
>> >  *              wmuhanna at magnus dot acs dot ohio-state dot edu
>> >  *
>> >  */
>> >
>> >
>> > does this mean its under GPL ?
>>
>> No, not necessarily. But, I grabbed the debian package 'apt-get
>source
>> hdate' and reading the 'copyright' file, it is clearly GPL.
>>
>> Aymen?
>>
>> Regards
>
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>wassalaam
>abdulhaq
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