Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 14:45:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Q: FBSD license and multiple copyright holders Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980702132919.6175G-100000@orkan.canonware.com>
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I've been working (alone up to now) on SQRL (http://www.sqrl.org/sqrl), an SQL RDBMS. I'm using the FBSD license, and now with the potential of having more than one copyright holder, I'm wondering how to satisfy the license requirements (license shown and explained at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook279.html). So, two different questions: 1) Does the modified license shown below still hold water without changing the basic gist of the license? 2) If there are various sets of of authors for a set of files, how can the second condition of the FBSD copyright be met? Does the entire license have to be reproduced for each unique set of authors, or can they be merged? As the standard FBSD license reads, it seems to me that anyone who distributes a binary-only FreeBSD-based product is legally required to print reams of copyright notices in the documentation. That sucks for the distributor and for the customers. I realize I'm asking legal questions of non-lawyers, but hopefully this very issue has been dealt with by people here. It is not my intention to release SQRL in a binary-only format, but I want it to be easy for others to do so. Thanks, Jason Jason Evans Email: [jasone@canonware.com] Web: [http://www.canonware.com/~jasone] Home phone: [(650) 856-8204] Work phone: [(408) 774-8007] Quote: ["Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" - Thomas Edison] All changes are pointed out by "^" or ">". -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Copyright (c) 1996-1998 Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com>. > All rights reserved. >Copyright (c) 1998 Joe Schmo <joes@nowhere.fake>. All rights reserved. >Copyright (c) 1996, 1998 Jack Daniels <drunk@idunno.where>. > 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(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as ^^^^^^^^^ > the first lines of this file, unmodified other than the possible > addition of one or more copyright notices. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice(s), 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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 COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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