Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:21:37 +0300 From: Vitaly Magerya <vmagerya@gmail.com> To: Michael Scheidell <scheidell@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: custom license on new port? Message-ID: <4FDF0F41.3020703@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FDF0998.3000005@FreeBSD.org> References: <4FDF0998.3000005@FreeBSD.org>
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Michael Scheidell wrote: > got a new port. submitted by the copyright owner and author. > for reference, pr ports/168832 > > there is no LICENSE= in the Makefile, no LICENSE.txt in the > distribution, but it does have the attached in the main.c file. > > [...] > > * 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. > * > * 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. That is 2-clause BSD [1], aka the FreeBSD license [2], so LICENSE=BSD should be sufficient if you want to add that (my understanding is that the license framework is unused and should probably be removed). [1] http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause [2] https://gnu.org/licenses/license-list#FreeBSD
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