On Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> wrote...
: On Sun, Jun 16, 2002 at 12:58:12PM +1000, Matt Hope wrote:
: > * Package name : gridengine
: > Version : 5.2
: > Copyright Holder : Sun Microsystems, Inc.
: > * URL : http://gridengine.sunsource.net/
: > * License : SISSL
: > Description : Distributed Resource Management
:
: What is the "SISSL" license?
(From gridengine-5.2/debian/copyright .. )
License:
"Sun Industry Standards Source License Version 1.2" <attached>
This licence is "Free", according to
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html
This is the same license as is applied to `OpenOffice.org'
The Contents of this file are made available subject to the terms of
the Sun Industry Standards Source License Version 1.2
Sun Microsystems Inc., March, 2001
Sun Industry Standards Source License Version 1.2
=================================================
The contents of this file are subject to the Sun Industry Standards
Source License Version 1.2 (the "License"); You may not use this file
except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the
License at http://gridengine.sunsource.net/Gridengine_SISSL_license.html
Software provided under this License is provided on an "AS IS" basis,
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES THAT THE SOFTWARE IS FREE OF DEFECTS,
MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGING.
See the License for the specific provisions governing your rights and
obligations concerning the Software.
The Initial Developer of the Original Code is: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Copyright: 2001 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
: When posting an ITP for a packages that uses an unusual license (i.e.,
: not one of the familiar ones like BSD, MIT/X, GPL, LGPL, or Artistic),
: please include the text of the license in your ITP.
This would have been a good idea, I admit. I had initially planned on
writing a brief summary of the licence, but for some reason never got
around to including it in the ITP.
: Also, if you ever have questions about the DFSG-freeness of a license,
: you can always ask the debian-legal mailing list.
:
: Determining these things in advance saves the archive administrators a
: little bit of time and effort when processing new packages.
Branden, thanks for pointing this out, and taking the time to look at
this.
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