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Bug#630893: [PATCH] Relicense listen/ripdump.c to permit commercial use and distribution



What about just noting the license for ripdump.c is now BSD?
It is not like Jeff said "here I now license my work for commercial
use" (even if that is now possible).  He DID say BSD license.

Pat
  
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 12:48:03AM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> 
> Hi Ralf et al,
> 
> How about this patch?  Patch is against ax25-apps from cvs.linux-ax25.org.
> 
> -- >8 --
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 02:28:50PM -0500, Jeff White wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Sam Geeraerts <samgee@elmundolibre.be>wrote:
> >> Jeff White wrote:
> 
> >>> I release all of my code from the rip-2 project (including ripdump.c) under
> >>> the BSD license.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Hi Jeff,
> >>
> >> Thanks for relicensing. Just to be clear: by "the BSD license" do you mean
> >> the (GPL compatible) 3-clause BSD license [1] or the (GPL incompatible)
> >> 4-clause BSD license [2]? Both packages that use your code are under the
> >> GPL license, so the 3-clause license is needed.
> >>
> >> [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/**license-list.html#ModifiedBSD<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ModifiedBSD>
> >> [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/**license-list.html#OriginalBSD<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#OriginalBSD>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Sam Geeraerts
> >>
> [...]
> > GPL compatible 3-clause BSD license.
> ---
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
> 
>  ChangeLog        |    1 +
>  listen/ripdump.c |   26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
> index 6ca7471f..b7c445e7 100644
> --- a/ChangeLog
> +++ b/ChangeLog
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ ax25-apps (0.0.8)
>  	* Support for UNIX98 pseudo terminals.
>  	* New option -S to silence call for use in shell scripts.
>  	* Add support for building rpm packages.
> +	* Relicense listen/ripdump.c to permit commercial use and distribution.
>  
>  ax25-apps (0.0.7)
>  	* Added opentrac to listen, Thanks to Scott Miller
> diff --git a/listen/ripdump.c b/listen/ripdump.c
> index 8a3f966e..2524ae16 100644
> --- a/listen/ripdump.c
> +++ b/listen/ripdump.c
> @@ -2,8 +2,30 @@
>   * Copyright 1991 Phil Karn, KA9Q
>   *
>   *  Changes Copyright (c) 1993 Jeff White - N0POY, All Rights Reserved.
> - *  Permission granted for non-commercial copying and use, provided
> - *  this notice is retained.
> + *
> + *  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.
> + *  3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
> + *     may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
> + *     without specific prior written permission.
> + *
> + *  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``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(S) 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.
>   *
>   * Rehack for RIP-2 (RFC1388) by N0POY 4/1993
>   *
> -- 
> 1.7.10
> 
> 
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