Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:45:16 +0200 From: Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-FreeBSD? Message-ID: <8a56c350-fc18-aee1-f392-f0e52c629290@embedded-brains.de> In-Reply-To: <20181015100356.GA26509@britannica.bec.de> References: <f396d707-a707-837e-e76f-fec3a7fba2cf@embedded-brains.de> <149f117b-bf85-0dce-e26c-c960ad93f7a4@freebsd.org> <fa33ae00-5772-a562-40c8-ffd4a6b0dc8a@embedded-brains.de> <20181015100356.GA26509@britannica.bec.de>
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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= .
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