Re: Copyright format “License” field: grant of license, license text?
> How about this::
>
> Files: *
> Copyright: 2012-2014, Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>
> License: Artistic or GPL-1+
> License-Grant:
> This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
> the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
> Comment:
> Perl 5 is licensed under either the 'Artistic license' or the 'GNU
> General Public License' version 1 or later.
Hi,
Related to this is the BSD notice style, which I personally don't feel
comfortable altering in any way. To me, it looks like the copyright
line, the "Allrights reserved" line and the license must be reproduced
verbatim as a single block. Do you think it could be split into the
various existing and proposed fields?
Copyright (c) <years>, <copyright holders>
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 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
HOLDER 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 DAMAGE.
Kind regards, Thibaut.
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