Re: License for ATI driver documentation
Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert.spam@gmx.net> wrote:
> Am Montag, den 30.01.2006, 00:42 -0800 schrieb Walter Landry:
> > Daniel Leidert <daniel.leidert.spam@gmx.net> wrote:
> > However, the end of the file says
> >
> > (c) Copyright 2002,2003 by ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved
> >
> > which means that you can't use the text in that file for anything.
> > But if you got your information by synthesizing many different
> > sources, including that file, you should be fine.
>
> I used a lot of sources, but also this file. Shall I better still ask
> ATI for permissions to use the contents of this file?
Looking at your man page, I don't think you need to bother. It would
be nice to ask them in any case, though, since more free documentation
is always good.
<snip>
> Ok. Here my suggestion:
>
> /------------------
> > Copyright (C) ....
> > All rights reserved.
> >
> > Redistribution and use in source (the preferred form of modification, such as
> > XML DocBook) and other forms (SGML, HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF, Groff and so
> > forth) with or without modification, are permitted provided that the
> > following conditions are met:
> >
> > 1. Redistributions of source (the preferred form of modification, such as
> > XML DocBook) code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
> > conditions and the following disclaimer.
> >
> > 2. Redistributions in other forms (transformed to other DTDs, converted
> > to PDF, PostScript, RTF, Groff and other formats) 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.
> >
> > 3. Neither the name of the copyright owner nor the nor the names of its
> > contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
> > this software without specific prior written permission.
> >
> > THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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 THE COPYRIGHT OWNER 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 DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
> > THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
> \------------------
>
> I included your suggestions and changed "documentation" to "software" in
> item 3.) of the conditions list. Better?
Better. The no-warranty clause should also say "software" instead of
"documentation". Otherwise, I think you're good to go.
Cheers,
Walter Landry
wlandry@ucsd.edu
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