[osgeo4w-dev] Re: Fwd: Re: xxmlink.exe licence

[Matt Wilkie]

Thanks Assefa

I created http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/xxmklink to document this.


matt wilkie
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On 25/05/2010 9:29 AM, Yewondwossen Assefa wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> regarding the xxmlink e-mail, I checked with the author a while ago.
> Here is the conversation we had at that time.
>
> regards,
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Re: xxmlink.exe licence
> Date: 	Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:21:13 -0500
> From: 	Yewondwossen Assefa <yassefa at dmsolutions.ca>
> To: 	Kan Yabumoto - Pixelab sales <sales at pixelab.com>
>
>
>
> Thanks for getting back to me and authorizing it's use. I will continue
> testing it on different windows flavors (until now all my tests were on
> XP). I will add a readme or a xxmklink.licence file in the distribution
>   that will indicate the provenance/credit/authorization of this binary.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
> Kan Yabumoto - Pixelab sales wrote:
>>
>>  Dear Assefa:
>>
>>  Thank you for contacting us for the use of XXMKLINK.
>>  I just looked at your OSGeo4W page on Wikipedia.
>>
>>  Let this Email authorize OSGeo to include our XXMKLINK.EXE program
>>  in the OSGeo Binary Distribution and related installer packages.
>>
>>  We charge a nominal license fee for commercial applications
>>  on a case-by-case basis.  In this particular case, we would like to
>>  give you permission to use XXMKLINK free of charge because your
>>  usage is for an open source project.
>>
>>  We will be most appreciative if you give us credit for XXMKLINK
>>  in whatever context it fits.
>>
>>  With regards,
>>  Kan Yabumoto
>>  =======================================================================
>>
>>  At 2008-03-07  12:13, you wrote:
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>>   I recently downloaded and tested locally xxmlink.exe
>>>  (http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy38.htm)
>>>
>>>   I would like to be able to use it/distribute it in an open source
>>>  projecthttp://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Win32_Installer. Is it
>>>  something that is possible? What is the license on it?
>>>
>>>  Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>  Assefa Yewondwossen
>>>  Software Analyst
>>>
>>>  Email:assefa at dmsolutions.ca
>>>  http://www.dmsolutions.ca/
>>>
>>>  Phone: (613) 565-5056 (ext 14)
>>>  Fax:   (613) 565-0925
>>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Assefa Yewondwossen
> Software Analyst
>
> Email:assefa at dmsolutions.ca
> http://www.dmsolutions.ca/
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> Phone: (613) 565-5056 (ext 14)
> Fax:   (613) 565-0925
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