In article <qrffsucrqdvmbb7knn55884pc23hblotsq@4ax.com> , ABX 
<abx### [at] abxartpl>  wrote:

> I wonder if sources with patched pov are supposed to be called 'standard POV
> distribution'. I refer to sentence from comments in octree.cpp: "All standard
> POV distribution rights granted. All other rights reserved." Dos it mean I can
> redistribute octree.cpp with rest of patched files ? Sorry if the answer is
> obvious but I don't know English language details and can't find note about
> octree in povlegal.

All files in POV-Ray are distributed under the terms of POVLEGAL.DOC and no
other terms unless explicitly noted.   You may have noticed that octree.cpp
contains the standard POV-Ray license header.

The sentence "All standard POV distribution rights granted." just means
POVLEGAL.DOC, nothing else:

You missed a very important word.  It does not say "'standard POV
distribution'", but "standard POV distribution rights", which - given the
English grammar - belongs together.  The sentence would not be grammatically
correct in any other way.

    Thorsten


PS: Apart from this, you should not be so paranoid and assume the POV-Team
will come after you and sue for billions of damages if you "violate" some
tiny little note in some obscure file.  The POV-Team is neither associated
with the BSA, nor Microsoft, nor Adobe or any other company which in the
past may have done so ;-)

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Thorsten Froehlich
e-mail: mac### [at] povrayorg

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