Bug#655348: ITP: quicktun -- QuickTun is a simple VPN tunnel relying on NaCl library
ons 2012-01-11 klockan 00:08 +0000 skrev Sergiusz Pawlowicz:
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 20:27, Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> wrote:
> > Sergiusz Pawlowicz <debian@pawlowicz.name> writes:
> >
> >> Package: wnpp
> >> Severity: wishlist
> >> Owner: Sergiusz Pawlowicz <debian@pawlowicz.name>
> >>
> >> * Package name : quicktun
> >> Version : 2.1.7
> >> Upstream Author : Ivo Smits <ivo@ucis.nl>
> >> * URL : http://wiki.ucis.nl/QuickTun
> >> * License : Public domain (preserve copyright notice)
> >
> > What license is that? Looking at the source code files, they have
> > headers like the one below. It seems BSD-like to me.
> >
> > /Simon
> >
> > /* Copyright 2010 Ivo Smits <Ivo@UCIS.nl>. All rights reserved.
> > 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 ``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 AUTHORS 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.
> >
> > The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation are those of the
> > authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed
> > or implied, of Ivo Smits.*/
>
> Hi, so how should I choose the license, from licenses suggested by
> Debian? Please be more constructive, I cannot see anything like
> "BSD-like", but I am not a lawyer, though.
Looking at this page:
http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/
The link for "BSD-2-clause" is to:
http://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
That text looks quite similar to the license text above, so I would
recommend 'License: BSD-2-clause'.
/Simon
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