Re: License for libecap
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm considering packaging libecap, a library used by Squid 3.1 to
> provide modular extensible capabilities. It uses the following license
> which to my unpracticed eye looks fairly similar to a BSD with
> advertising clause, but I thought I should check with you guys
> first... :-)
>
> ==========================================
> Copyright 2008 The Measurement Factory.
> 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 MEASUREMENT FACTORY ``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 MEASUREMENT FACTORY 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.
> ==========================================
Yep, that's a 2-clause BSD license, which is fine.
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