http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2007/10/msg00055.htmlThe membership and Board of Directors of the XSF have discussed this issue and we have consensus that we would like to change the licensing so that it is Debian-friendly (and, more broadly, freedom-friendly).
After some discussion and wordsmithing, we have consensus on the following wording (for which the "permissions" section is essentially a modified MIT license):
****** Legal Notices CopyrightThis XMPP Extension Protocol is copyright (c) 1999 - 2008 by the XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF).
PermissionsPermission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this specification (the "Specification"), to make use of the Specification without restriction, including without limitation the rights to implement the Specification in a software program, deploy the Specification in a network service, and copy, modify, merge, publish, translate, distribute, sublicense, or sell copies of the Specification, and to permit persons to whom the Specification is furnished to do so, subject to the condition that the foregoing copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Specification. Unless separate permission is granted, modified works that are redistributed shall not contain misleading information regarding the authors, title, number, or publisher of the Specification, and shall not claim endorsement of the modified works by the authors, any organization or project to which the authors belong, or the XMPP Standards Foundation.
IPR ConformanceThis XMPP Extension Protocol has been contributed in full conformance with the XSF's Intellectual Property Rights Policy (a copy of which may be found at <http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/ipr-policy.shtml> or obtained by writing to XSF, P.O. Box 1641, Denver, CO 80201 USA).
WarrantyThis Specification is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort, or otherwise, arising from, out of, or in connection with the Specification or the implementation, deployment, or other use of the Specification.
******Final feedback would be appreciated from the debian-legal list before the XSF Board of Directors votes to approve this licensing.
Thanks. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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