Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:29:15 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: You can take my source. (fwd) Message-ID: <19990420172915.D40482@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990420024818.11384K-100000@cygnus.rush.net>; from Alfred Perlstein on Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 02:51:00AM -0500 References: <19990420164530.A40482@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990420024818.11384K-100000@cygnus.rush.net>
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On Tuesday, 20 April 1999 at 2:51:00 -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Tuesday, 20 April 1999 at 2:08:39 -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >>>>> * without specific prior written permission. >>>>> * >>>>> * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND >>> >>> .. >>> >>> constitute the way that most of the BSD license works? >> >> This part does. Unfortunately, the license you sent included not just >> the Berkeley License, but also an AT&T license. The bit I quoted at >> the very top (USL license) is definitely *not* part of the Berkeley >> license, and in fact closer to the licenses to be found in System V >> sources. >> >>> I'll retract the statement if you disagree as i do value your judgement. >> >> I think you'll understand now. >> >>> perhaps you would like to go over the email with a red pen (sorta) and >>> i'll submit a revised post? >> >> Hmm. I don't have the whole message any more, but I think the rest is >> OK. Just to be sure, I think this is pretty much the basis: >> >> * Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 >> * The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. >> * >> * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without >> * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions >> * are met: >> * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright >> * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. >> * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright >> * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the >> * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. >> * 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software >> * must display the following acknowledgement: >> * This product includes software developed by the University of >> * California, Berkeley and its contributors. >> * 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors >> * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software >> * without specific prior written permission. >> * >> * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND >> * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE >> * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE >> * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE >> * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL >> * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS >> * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) >> * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT >> * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY >> * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF >> * SUCH DAMAGE. > > So I should just tell them that I am retracting the part about the license > and give them this instead? Or do you know of a better example? I think you should say that you accidentally sent them a version which included a USL clause, and that that part is not part of the Berkeley license. But maybe we should wait a while and let somebody else come to word. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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