From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon Oct 15 10:45:20 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7116310D6F11 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:45:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de) Received: from dedi548.your-server.de (dedi548.your-server.de [85.10.215.148]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0A63E8F07B for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:45:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de) Received: from [78.46.172.2] (helo=sslproxy05.your-server.de) by dedi548.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1gC0NB-0004Sb-EH for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:45:17 +0200 Received: from [82.135.62.35] (helo=mail.embedded-brains.de) by sslproxy05.your-server.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gC0NB-0004Bq-91 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:45:17 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost.localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.embedded-brains.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 328342A0043 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:45:16 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.embedded-brains.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.eb.localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id iEO5PMhX9_s8 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:45:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.embedded-brains.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D93E92A165C for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:45:15 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.eb.localhost Received: from mail.embedded-brains.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.eb.localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id T6DM6yklf5r4 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:45:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from huber-nb-linux.suse (unknown [192.168.96.161]) by mail.embedded-brains.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BE4AE2A0043 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:45:15 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: Why SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD? To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <149f117b-bf85-0dce-e26c-c960ad93f7a4@freebsd.org> <20181015100356.GA26509@britannica.bec.de> From: Sebastian Huber Message-ID: <8a56c350-fc18-aee1-f392-f0e52c629290@embedded-brains.de> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:45:16 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20181015100356.GA26509@britannica.bec.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Authenticated-Sender: smtp-embedded@poldinet.de X-Virus-Scanned: Clear (ClamAV 0.100.1/25038/Mon Oct 15 06:54:43 2018) X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:45:20 -0000 On 15/10/2018 12:03, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 09:03:44AM +0200, Sebastian Huber wrote: >> In case the author of a FreeBSD source file is not the copyright holde= r, >> then doesn't have FreeBSD a problem here? > I could submit a file (--> I'm the author) but assign the copyright to > the FreeBSD Foundation (--> TFF is the copyright holder). How do you know that such a contract exists if you only look at the file? In case the copyright holder is not the author, then is the text =C2=A0"THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'= ' AND =C2=A0=C2=A0 ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT= ED TO, THE =C2=A0=C2=A0 IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PAR= TICULAR=20 PURPOSE =C2=A0=C2=A0 ARE DISCLAIMED.=C2=A0 IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTR= IBUTORS BE LIABLE =C2=A0=C2=A0 FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, O= R=20 CONSEQUENTIAL =C2=A0=C2=A0 DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBS= TITUTE GOODS =C2=A0=C2=A0 OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INT= ERRUPTION) =C2=A0=C2=A0 HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN C= ONTRACT,=20 STRICT =C2=A0=C2=A0 LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARIS= ING IN=20 ANY WAY =C2=A0=C2=A0 OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POS= SIBILITY OF =C2=A0=C2=A0 SUCH DAMAGE." applicable to the copyright holder? If not, is it liable for the=20 software due to some default legislation? --=20 Sebastian Huber, embedded brains GmbH Address : Dornierstr. 4, D-82178 Puchheim, Germany Phone : +49 89 189 47 41-16 Fax : +49 89 189 47 41-09 E-Mail : sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de PGP : Public key available on request. Diese Nachricht ist keine gesch=C3=A4ftliche Mitteilung im Sinne des EHUG= .