Re: Bug#180798: ITP: multisync -- A program to syncronize PIM data
tor 2003-02-13 klockan 18.24 skrev Don Armstrong:
> This is not legal advice, I am not a lawyer.
>
> On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 22:21, Don Armstrong wrote:
> > > What is the currently recommended method for adding a linking
> > > exception (say with OpenSSL) to a program licensed under the GPL?
> >
> > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WritingFSWithNFLibs
>
> Mikael, if you could get Bo to change his copyright statement to this,
> [as recommended in the link Anthony provided] that should clear up the
> licensing issue, without having to modify the GPL. [And it would avoid
> having lintian complain...]
>
Yes, I send him the link, and now he have changed to:
MultiSync - A PIM data synchronization program
Copyright (C) 2002-2003 Bo Lincoln <lincoln@lysator.liu.se>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
published by the Free Software Foundation;
THE SOFTWARE 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 OF THIRD PARTY
RIGHTS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) AND AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR
ANY CLAIM,
OR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER
RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
CONTRACT,
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE
USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
ALL LIABILITY, INCLUDING LIABILITY FOR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENTS,
COPYRIGHTS,
TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS, RELATING TO USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS
DISCLAIMED.
In addition, as a special exception, Bo Lincoln
<lincoln@lysator.liu.se>
gives permission to link the code of this program with
the OpenSSL library (or with modified versions of OpenSSL that use the
same license as OpenSSL), and distribute linked combinations including
the two. You must obey the GNU General Public License in all
respects for all of the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify
this file, you may extend this exception to your version of the
file, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to
do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
...
Yes, I know that it's not exactly the same text :-) But I think that
it's ok, at least for now, I doesn't want him to change the license text
3 times in 3 days.
Sincerely
Mikael
>
> Copyright (C) 2002 Bo Lincoln <lincoln@lysator.liu.se>
>
> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
> your option) any later version.
>
> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> General Public License for more details.
>
> You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
> USA
>
> In addition, as a special exception, Bo Lincoln gives permission to
> link the code of this program with the OpenSSL library (or with
> modified versions of OpenSSL that use the same license as OpenSSL),
> and distribute linked combinations including the two. You must obey
> the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of the code
> used other than OpenSSL. If you modify this file, you may extend this
> exception to your version of the file, but you are not obligated to do
> so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from
> your version.
>
>
> <<END>>
>
>
> Don Armstrong
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Mikael Andersson
mikan@debian.org
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