Re: License statement of the debconf specification
(cc'ing since I'm not sure that you're subscribed to debian-policy, and
also adding Wichert. Wichert, this is about the license on the debconf
specification included in Debian Policy.)
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:
> Ah right. Anyway, I'd prefer the debconf version of the license,
> especially since clause 3 is fairly no-op in the context of a
> specification.
Do you think it's fair game to just unilaterally change the license? We
haven't tracked contributers to ask. I'm happy to do that if people think
it's reasonable to do, and in practice I doubt anyone is going to mind,
but it's not the sort of thing that one normally gets to do.
The debconf license is the standard two-clause form:
| 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 AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``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 REGENTS 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.
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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