Hello all,
Henning Brauer, author of the openntpd (ntpd.c applet is based on it),
asked me to improve license and copyright statement of the ntpd.c applet
and explicitly mention openntpd license©right. Proposed patch is
attached, can you please include it? Thanks it advance.
Regards, Adam
From 2047fb5075a871d56ae9168511462aa4a2251120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Tkac <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 14:24:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Mention original OpenNTPd license in ntpd.c applet source
code.
Signed-off-by: Adam Tkac <[email protected]>
---
networking/ntpd.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/networking/ntpd.c b/networking/ntpd.c
index 2d4f076..d429426 100644
--- a/networking/ntpd.c
+++ b/networking/ntpd.c
@@ -5,6 +5,38 @@
*
* Licensed under GPLv2, see file LICENSE in this source tree.
*
+ * Code is based on OpenNTPD 3.9p1 which carries this copyright:
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************
+ * All of the files are under an ISC-style licence with the following
+ * copyright holders, first for the files from OpenBSD's ntpd:
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * Alexander Guy
+ *
+ * and the portability layer:
+ *
+ * Darren Tucker
+ * Damien Miller
+ * Internet Software Consortium
+ * Todd C. Miller
+ * Anthony O.Zabelin
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+ * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+ * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+ * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+ * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+ * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF MIND, USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER
+ * IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ ***********************************************************************
+ *
* Parts of OpenNTPD clock syncronization code is replaced by
* code which is based on ntp-4.2.6, whuch carries the following
* copyright notice:
--
2.1.0
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