I do not know if this is a variant that has a common name or has been used in
other places, but if not you would simply give it a custom name and include
the full text, perhaps with a comment to make it easy for others to
understand. For example:
Files: buf.c
Copyright: 2003 Jean-Francois Brousseau <jfb@openbsd.org>
2006, 2007, 2008 Niall O'Higgins <niallo@p2presearch.com>
License: BSD-custom-2-clause
Comment:
The copyright holders reserve all rights.
They use a custom BSD 2-clause license that has the first and third clauses
from the standard BSD-3-clause license.
License: BSD-custom-2-clause
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. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``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 AUTHOR 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.
On Saturday, March 16, 2024 4:54:25 PM MST David da Silva Polverari wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In the midst of performing QA work on unworkable [1], I found the buf.c
> file with the following copyright notice on its header:
>
> -- >8 --
> 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. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
> derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
> -- >8 --
>
> This is not the BSD 2-clause variant, as it includes the non-endorsement
> clause from the 3-clause one, and excludes the actual second clause.
> Does anyone know if that is actually a BSD variant, and if so, what its
> name is? If it is not a BSD variant, how should it be dealt with/named?
>
> [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/unworkable
>
> Regards,
>
> David
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