Re: APT License
Thanks Jason,
I've forwarded this on to our legal people to make sure they don't see any
problems. I should be able to confirm that everything's OK within a day or so.
Thanks
Erich
Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
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> This license was prepared by Branden Robinson at my request, if you find
> it acceptable I will make an announcement that this license retro-actively
> applies to all current and previos versions.
>
> Jason
>
> - ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:34:54 -0400
> From: Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu>
> To: jgg@ualberta.ca
> Subject: new APT license [DRAFT]
>
> Apt is copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 Jason Gunthorpe.
>
> Unless otherwise noted, you may apply the terms of the GNU General Public
> License (the GPL), version 2.0 or later, published by the Free Software
> Foundation, to this program. See the file /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
> or <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt> for the terms of the latest
> version of the GNU General Public License.
>
> In addition, apt may be distributed under terms identical to the above with
> the following exception:
>
> Works using apt may link against the GUI library "libqt", copyright by
> Troll Tech AS, Norway, provided that:
>
> 1. The version of "libqt" is under the terms of the "Q Public License",
> version 1.0, published by Troll Tech AS. See below or
> <http://www.troll.no/qpl/> for the text of the QPL, version 1.0. In the
> case of any variation in terms between the attached terms and the URL,
> the license terms terms identified as the QPL below are the only ones
> under which distribution of works derived from libapt-pkg.so are
> permitted.
>
> 2. The source code of the version of "libqt" used is
>
> a) Distributed with the binary version;
>
> OR
>
> b) Downloadable by anyone, without fee, using a publicly-announced
> URL on the Internet, for a duration of at least three years
> starting with distribution of the binary version.
>
> _______________________________________________________________
>
> The following text, up to the text of the Q Public License, is
> informational and not part of the license terms on apt.
>
> Modifications to apt in either source or compiled form must be licensed
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.0, but need
> not include the above exception for usage of the "libqt" library under the
> QPL. Note that removal of this exception will result in software which is
> not licensed for binary redistribution linked against software governed by
> the Q Public License.
>
> No part of apt is licensed under the QPL. The terms below are provided to
> help identify the circumstances under which the "libqt" library may be used
> with apt.
>
> _______________________________________________________________
>
> THE Q PUBLIC LICENSE version 1.0
> Copyright (C) 1999 Troll Tech AS, Norway.
> Everyone is permitted to copy and
> distribute this license document.
>
> The intent of this license is to establish freedom to share and change
> the software regulated by this license under the open source model.
>
> This license applies to any software containing a notice placed by the
> copyright holder saying that it may be distributed under the terms of
> the Q Public License version 1.0. Such software is herein referred to
> as the Software. This license covers modification and distribution of
> the Software, use of third-party application programs based on the
> Software, and development of free software which uses the Software.
>
> Granted Rights
>
> 1. You are granted the non-exclusive rights set forth in this license
> provided you agree to and comply with any and all conditions in this
> license. Whole or partial distribution of the Software, or software
> items that link with the Software, in any form signifies acceptance of
> this license.
>
> 2. You may copy and distribute the Software in unmodified form
> provided that the entire package, including - but not restricted to -
> copyright, trademark notices and disclaimers, as released by the
> initial developer of the Software, is distributed.
>
> 3. You may make modifications to the Software and distribute your
> modifications, in a form that is separate from the Software, such as
> patches. The following restrictions apply to modifications:
>
> a. Modifications must not alter or remove any copyright notices in
> the Software.
>
> b. When modifications to the Software are released under this
> license, a non-exclusive royalty-free right is granted to the
> initial developer of the Software to distribute your modification
> in future versions of the Software provided such versions remain
> available under these terms in addition to any other license(s) of
> the initial developer.
>
> 4. You may distribute machine-executable forms of the Software or
> machine-executable forms of modified versions of the Software,
> provided that you meet these restrictions:
>
> a. You must include this license document in the distribution.
>
> b. You must ensure that all recipients of the machine-executable
> forms are also able to receive the complete machine-readable source
> code to the distributed Software, including all modifications,
> without any charge beyond the costs of data transfer, and place
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>
> c. You must ensure that all modifications included in the
> machine-executable forms are available under the terms of this
> license.
>
> 5. You may use the original or modified versions of the Software to
> compile, link and run application programs legally developed by you or
> by others.
>
> 6. You may develop application programs, reusable components and other
> software items that link with the original or modified versions of the
> Software. These items, when distributed, are subject to the following
> requirements:
>
> a. You must ensure that all recipients of machine-executable forms
> of these items are also able to receive and use the complete
> machine-readable source code to the items without any charge beyond
> the costs of data transfer.
>
> b. You must explicitly license all recipients of your items to use
> and re-distribute original and modified versions of the items in
> both machine-executable and source code forms. The recipients must
> be able to do so without any charges whatsoever, and they must be
> able to re-distribute to anyone they choose.
>
> c. If the items are not available to the general public, and the
> initial developer of the Software requests a copy of the items,
> then you must supply one.
>
> Limitations of Liability
>
> In no event shall the initial developers or copyright holders be
> liable for any damages whatsoever, including - but not restricted to -
> lost revenue or profits or other direct, indirect, special, incidental
> or consequential damages, even if they have been advised of the
> possibility of such damages, except to the extent invariable law, if
> any, provides otherwise.
>
> No Warranty
>
> The Software and this license document are provided AS IS with NO
> WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING THE WARRANTY OF DESIGN,
> MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> Choice of Law
>
> This license is governed by the Laws of Norway. Disputes shall be
> settled by Oslo City Court.
>
> _______________________________________________________________
>
> - --
> G. Branden Robinson | The only way to get rid of a temptation
> Debian GNU/Linux | is to yield to it.
> branden@ecn.purdue.edu | -- Oscar Wilde
> cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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