Re: BSD license issues
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 07:44:55PM -0500, Rene Weber wrote:
> - License is BSD, except that it diffs with the license in
> /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD:
>
> ---------------------------- C U T H E R E ----------------------------
>
> diff bsd /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
> 0a1
> > Copyright (c) The Regents of the University of California.
> 11,12c12,14
> < 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
> < derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
> ---
> > 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
> > may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
> > without specific prior written permission.
> 14c16
> < THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND
> ---
> > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
> 17c19
> < ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE
> ---
> > ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
>
> ---------------------------- C U T H E R E ----------------------------
As you can see, these changes simply replace references to the university and
its regents with references to the author of the program. The terms of the
license remain the same, and so it is equally free.
However, it _is_ different, and so you must include a copy of it in the
copyright file. For the benefit of the curious, you may want to include a
short note about how its terms match those of the BSD license.
--
- mdz
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