Re: the ripmime license
Willi Mann V. wrote:
> ripMIME LICENSE
>
> The following license terms and conditions apply, unless a different
> license is obtained from P.L.Daniels, P.O.Box 6, Ravenswood, 4816
> Australia, or by electronic mail at pldaniels@pldaniels.com.
>
> License Terms:
>
> Use, Modification and Redistribution (including distribution of any
> modified or derived work) in source and binary forms is permitted only
> if each of the following conditions is met:
This grants the basic rights needed, as long as the conditions are
DFSG-free.
> 1. Redistributions qualify as "freeware" or "Open Source Software" under
> one of the following terms:
>
> (a) Redistributions are made at no charge beyond the reasonable cost
> of materials and delivery.
This alternative is non-free, but...
> (b) Redistributions are accompanied by a copy of the Source Code or
> by an irrevocable offer to provide a copy of the Source Code for
> up to three years at the cost of materials and delivery. Such
> redistributions must allow further use, modification, and
> redistribution of the Source Code under substantially the same
> terms as this license. For the purposes of redistribution
> "Source Code" means the complete compilable and linkable source
> code of ripMIME including all modifications.
... this one is fine. The license lets you choose between
non-commercial redistribution or a copyleft. Since at least one
alternative is acceptable, condition 1 is DFSG-free.
> 2. Redistributions of source code must retain the copyright notices as
> they appear in each source code file, these license terms, and the
> disclaimer/limitation of liability set forth as paragraph 6 below.
This is no problem; copyright notices must be preserved anyway, and the
rest is satisfied by including the license text.
> 3. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the Copyright Notice,
> these license terms, and the disclaimer/limitation of liability set
> forth as paragraph 6 below, in the documentation and/or other
> materials provided with the distribution. For the purposes of binary
> distribution the "Copyright Notice" refers to the following language:
> "Copyright (c) 2000 P.L.Daniels, All rights reserved."
Similar to condition 2, but for binary distribution. Again, all of
these terms can be satisfied by distributing the license text with the
software (including the Copyright Notice requirement, since the license
includes the notice, and would qualify as "other materials provided with
the distribution").
> 4. Neither the name of ripMIME, nor Paul L Daniels, nor the
> the names of their contributors may be used to endorse or promote
> products derived from this software without specific prior written
> permission.
Claiming endorsement without permission is not allowed anyway, so
non-endorsement clauses are generally fine.
> 5. All redistributions must comply with the conditions imposed by the
> University of California on certain embedded code, whose copyright
> notice and conditions for redistribution are as follows:
This indicates that ripMIME includes software under another license,
which must be satisfied as well.
> (a) Copyright (c) 2000 P.L.Daniels, All rights reserved.
>
> (b) Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
> without modification, are permitted provided that the following
> conditions are met:
>
> (i) Redistributions of source code must retain the above
> copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
> disclaimer.
>
> (ii) 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.
>
> (iii) Neither the name of ripMIME, nor P.L.Daniels, nor the names
> of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
> products derived from this software without specific prior
> written permission.
This is a standard three-clause BSD license, which is DFSG-free.
> 6. Disclaimer/Limitation of Liability: THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY
> P.L.Daniels. AND CONTRIBUTORS "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 SENDMAIL, INC., THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
> CALIFORNIA OR CONTRIBUTORS 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 DAMAGES.
No problems here.
This license appears to be DFSG-free.
- Josh Triplett
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