[META] For Approval: BSD License for UCAR's VAPOR Software

Sat Aug 12 12:12:12 UTC 2006

> Mr. Wilson and others involved in license-discuss:  We have buy-in to 

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It is not very sensible to send documents in Microsoft proprietary formats
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is hindered by non-compete and non-disclosure agreements.

Posting HTML is generally undesirable on public lists, but not an open
source issue.