Bug#1029055: MIT License Text
Axel Beckert wrote:
> As mentioned before exactly that exception is the reason why I think
> that these two license texts are not the same. I though see no
> explanation what the meaning of the colors on the SPDX website is.
> Until that is clarified, for me, the two texts clearly differ for me.
And just to state the obvious, this is the wdiff which I made for myself
during our previous discussion in #1002053:
$ dwdiff mit expat
[-MIT License-]
Copyright (c) [-<year> <copyright holders>-] {+1998, 1999, 2000 Thai
Open Source Software Center Ltd+}
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice [-(including the
next paragraph)-] shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Regards, Axel
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