The license for PPP 2.4.1 is not the GPL. You can use and modify it without releasing the source. PPP is included in the base distribution of the *BSDs, so the license is BSD compatible.
Here is a copy of their license from one of the source files:
/*
* chap.c - Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol.
*
* Copyright (c) 1993 The Australian National University.
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
* duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
* advertising materials, and other materials related to such
* distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
* by the Australian National University. The name of the University
* may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
* software without specific prior written permission.
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*
* Copyright (c) 1991 Gregory M. Christy.
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
* duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
* advertising materials, and other materials related to such
* distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
* by Gregory M. Christy. The name of the author may not be used to
* endorse or promote products derived from this software without
* specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
* WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*/
Piracy doesn't have anything to do with it. If there were some interesting music available, I would happily go to a music retailer and make a purchase. A few years ago I used to buy about one CD a month. But the last CD I bought was several months ago (Scarlet Walk - Tori Amos). Give me something I want to buy and I'll buy it!
OpenBSD's Linux emulation works great. I am posting this with the Linux version of Netscape 4.7 running on a prerelease snapshot of OpenBSD 2.6. I just downloaded the communicator tar.gz from netscape's ftp site and ran their install script.
But first you have to install the linux_lib port. I also had to snag a copy of libstdc++.so.2.8 off of a Linux box and put it in/emul/linux/usr/lib/, since Netscape relies on it.
I think the Linux emulation should run most apps (unless they require kernel modules, like VMWare).
I am running Linux on a Dell Latitude CPi laptop right now. Everything works great, except I can't get X to work with the external video port (which isn't a big deal to me). BeOS 4.5 works well on this machine too. I don't know why it is taking so long for Linux on laptops to catch on...
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Here is a copy of their license from one of the source files:
Piracy doesn't have anything to do with it. If there were some interesting music available, I would happily go to a music retailer and make a purchase. A few years ago I used to buy about one CD a month. But the last CD I bought was several months ago (Scarlet Walk - Tori Amos). Give me something I want to buy and I'll buy it!
OpenBSD's Linux emulation works great. I am posting this with the Linux version of Netscape 4.7 running on a prerelease snapshot of OpenBSD 2.6. I just downloaded the communicator tar.gz from netscape's ftp site and ran their install script.
/emul/linux/usr/lib/, since Netscape relies on it.
But first you have to install the linux_lib port. I also had to snag a copy of libstdc++.so.2.8 off of a Linux box and put it in
I think the Linux emulation should run most apps (unless they require kernel modules, like VMWare).
I am running Linux on a Dell Latitude CPi laptop right now. Everything works great, except I can't get X to work with the external video port (which isn't a big deal to me). BeOS 4.5 works well on this machine too. I don't know why it is taking so long for Linux on laptops to catch on...