Re: GPL/LGPL confusion
>> Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:
> There's what they claim is the MIT X11 license, which doesn't match the
> X11 license on xfree86.org's website. I choose to call that the GNU X11
> license to make it clear what I'm talking about.
This is the MIT X11 license:
: Copyright 1989 by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
:
: Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
: documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
: provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
: both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
: supporting documentation, and that the name of MIT not be used in
: advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
: without specific prior written permission. M.I.T. makes no
: representation about the suitability of this software for any purpose.
: It is provided "as is" without any express or implied warranty.
This is the Open Group's license:
: Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
: copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
: "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
: without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
: distribute, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons
: to whom the Software is furnished to do so, provided that the above
: copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in all copies of
: the Software and that both the above copyright notice(s) and this
: permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
This is the XFree86 license:
: Copyright (C) 1994-2001 The XFree86 Project, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
:
: Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
: copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
: "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
: without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
: distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
: permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
: the following conditions:
:
: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
: in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
The FSF site calls the Open Group's license the "MIT X11 License".
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