[hugh@mimosa.com: RE: Bug#120759: jove doesn't seem to have an free license.]

[Cord Beermann <cord@debian.org>]

Hi. 

would you comment on these two suggestions? are they ok for us?

thanks,
	Cord

PS: please Cc me on replies.

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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:13:10 -0500 (EST)
From: "D. Hugh Redelmeier" <hugh@mimosa.com>
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To: Jonathan Payne <jpayne@marimba.com>, Cord Beermann <cord@debian.org>,
   <jovehacks@cs.toronto.edu>
Subject: RE: Bug#120759: jove doesn't seem to have an free license. 
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I want to resolve this.

I'm annoyed at the length of the BSD and GNU licenses.

The current JOVE notice is:

/************************************************************************
 * This program is Copyright (C) 1986-1999 by Jonathan Payne.  JOVE is  *
 * provided to you without charge, and with no warranty.  You may give  *
 * away copies of JOVE, including sources, provided that this notice is *
 * included in all the files.                                           *
 ************************************************************************/

How about this version instead, cut down from the Berkeley license,
as per Charles' suggestion:

  Copyright 1986-2002 Jonathan Payne.   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, 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 JOVEHACKS@CS.TORONTO.EDU ``AS IS''
  AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED.

Or how about this one, a slightly beefed up version of our current
notice:

  This program is Copyright (C) 1986-2002 by Jonathan Payne.  JOVE is
  provided by Jonathan and Jovehacks without charge and without
  warranty.  You may copy, modify, and distribute JOVE, provided that
  this notice is included in all the source files and documentation.

Which do folks prefer?  Are you concerned of either of these?

Hugh Redelmeier
hugh@mimosa.com  voice: +1 416 482-8253


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