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: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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. 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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. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Oscar Wilde > cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.3ia > Charset: noconv > > iQCVAwUBOBPZ7dxNMr81Jh4hAQFiSgQAghPz3yZ+y/8XcBywPQhjDe3xcPPRplQG > E9KOWZK4WXUMJ28vl3RWedjfZkMDMNX/YYk9uBi/SAiwoDAALksbLPnLxU5BedXr > 2rWWolvk1U01UvN/YiDUvp/xRBaeakASb+PkFS0adc3F+/O6IAIETmWgTZiM1Jlj > DcqOVCCM93I= > =EGU3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Corel has something new for you! Subscribe to our e-newsletter and learn what's new and happening at Corel! Subscribe at http://www.corel.com/newsletter
