Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, on the release call today, it was alleged that the code was > actually DFSG-free, and that the so-called 'X-Oz licence' bore no legal > problems whatsoever, and would be fine to go into main, or whatever[2].
I'm a little confused here. There's an X-Oz licence that is almost identical to the XFree 1.1 license, and then there's what you've quoted at the bottom of this mail. This: > * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a > * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"= > ), > * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation > * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, > * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the > * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: > *=20 > * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included = > in > * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. > *=20 > * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS = > OR > * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, > * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL > * THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) OR AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR > * OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, > * ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR > * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. > *=20 > * Except as contained in this notice, the name of the copyright holder(s) > * and author(s) shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote > * the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written > * authorization from the copyright holder(s) and author(s). > *=20 > * Author: David Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. all seems harmless. If all the files in question have this text and there's no reason to believe that they've been doctored to do so, then I can't see any problems. -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
