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Re: License statement of the debconf specification



On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 10:45:39AM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Russ Allbery wrote:
> >      3. Neither the name of the Debian Project nor the names of its
> >         contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
> >         this software without specific prior written permission.
> Clause 3 is the advertising clause, isn't it? The license statement explicitly
> says without that clause. So, the license in debconf's own copyright
> file would seem most appropriate.

Nope. Clause 3 of the original BSD license is the advertising clause:

| All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
| must display the following acknowledgement: “This product includes
| software developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its
| contributors.”

Bastian

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