Evan Prodromou wrote: > The license looks OK to me, with the possible exception that it says > "obtaining, using and/or copying this work" implies acceptance of the > license. That isn't a problem in and of itself; it often indicates the presence of non-free usage restriction terms, but no such terms appear to be present in this license. > W3C® SOFTWARE NOTICE AND LICENSE > http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231 > > This work (and included software, documentation such as READMEs, or > other related items) is being provided by the copyright holders under > the following license. By obtaining, using and/or copying this work, you > (the licensee) agree that you have read, understood, and will comply > with the following terms and conditions. > > Permission to copy, modify, and distribute this software and its > documentation, with or without modification, for any purpose and without > fee or royalty is hereby granted, provided that you include the > following on ALL copies of the software and documentation or portions > thereof, including modifications: > > 1. The full text of this NOTICE in a location viewable to users of > the redistributed or derivative work. This is fine; debian/copyright satisfies this requirement. > 2. Any pre-existing intellectual property disclaimers, notices, or > terms and conditions. If none exist, the W3C Software Short Notice > should be included (hypertext is preferred, text is permitted) within > the body of any redistributed or derivative code. This just requires you to preserve copyright and similar notices. > 3. Notice of any changes or modifications to the files, including the > date changes were made. (We recommend you provide URIs to the location > from which the code is derived.) This is fine; debian/changelog satisfies this requirement. > THIS SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND COPYRIGHT > HOLDERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, > INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS > FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR THAT THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR > DOCUMENTATION WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY THIRD PARTY PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, > TRADEMARKS OR OTHER RIGHTS. > > COPYRIGHT HOLDERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL > OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR > DOCUMENTATION. Standard warranty disclaimer. No problem here. > The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in > advertising or publicity pertaining to the software without specific, > written prior permission. Title to copyright in this software and any > associated documentation will at all times remain with copyright holders. No-op; perfectly fine. > The mentioned 'W3C Software Short Notice' is: > > ---8<--- > > $name_of_software: $distribution_URI > > Copyright © [$date-of-software] World Wide Web Consortium, > (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, European Research Consortium for > Informatics and Mathematics, Keio University). All Rights Reserved. This > work is distributed under the W3C® Software License [1] 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. > > [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231 > > ---8<--- This is fine as well. Overall, this license looks DFSG-free, and as far as I can tell, it is compatible with the GPL as well. - Josh Triplett
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