<i>licence should be Tcl-licence on TCT-supplied resources</i> status still Open with 3 other changes
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J icomment From\s"Tcl\sand\sthe\sTk\sToolkit"\swritten\sby\sJohn\sOusterhout,\sit\sis\swritten\s(Appendix\sA,\spage\s433):\r\n\r\nThe\ssource\scode\sand\sreference\sdocumentation\sfor\sTcl\sand\sTk\sare\sfreely\savailable.\r\nNo\slicense\sis\srequired\sto\suse\sthem\sand\sthere\sare\sno\srestrictions\son\show\syou\suse\sthem\s(for\r\nexample,\syou\scan\sredistribute\spart\sor\sall\sof\sTcl\sor\sTk\sin\sproducts).\s...\r\n\r\nFrom\s"Tcl\sand\sthe\sTk\sToolkit\sSecond\sEdition"\s(Appendix\sA,\spage\s717):\r\n\r\nThe\ssource\scode\sand\sreference\sdocumentation\sfor\sTcl\sand\sTk\sare\sfreely\savailable.\r\nTcl\sand\sTk\sare\savailable\sunder\sa\sBSD-style\slicense,\swhich\sprovides\sgreat\sflexibility,\r\nincluding\sthe\suse\sof\sTcl\sand\sTk\sin\scommercial\sproducts\swithout\sroyalties\sor\sbeing\s\r\nrequired\sto\sopen-source\syour\sown\scode.\s...\r\n\r\nGPL\sis\snot\scompatible\swith\sthe\sBSD-style\slicense.\sCommercial\sproducts\scontaining\sproprietary\sor\sclosed\ssource\ssoftware,\smust\shave\sthe\sfreedom\sto\sinterface\sand\smorph\sthe\sopen\ssource\sas\snecessary.\sThat\sis\sthe\sintent,\sIMO,\sof\sOusterhout's\soriginal\s"no\srestrictions"\sstatement.\r\n\r\nI\sfind\sthat\sthe\sstatement\spresented\sby\sthe\srepresentatives,\sat\sthe\sTCT\smeeting,\ssimply\sreiterates\sand\sconfirms\swhat\shas\salways\sbeen\strue\sof\sthe\sTcl\sand\sTk\scode\sbase.
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