[2010-11-05 21:43] Peter Maydell <[email protected]> > markus schnalke wrote: > >Could be that the license changed since then, because it reads: > > > > * This software was written by Alexander Peslyak in 2001. No copyright is > > * claimed, and the software is hereby placed in the public domain. > > * In case this attempt to disclaim copyright and place the software in the > > * public domain is deemed null and void, then the software is > > * Copyright (c) 2001 Alexander Peslyak and it is hereby released to the > > * general public under the following terms: > > * > > * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > > * modification, are permitted. > > * > > * There's ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, express or implied. > > * > > * (This is a heavily cut-down "BSD license".) > > That just means that the license depends on whether your local > jurisdiction thinks "public domain" exists and what "deemed null > and void" means legally under local law. The author should just > have put the thing under a reasonable license in the first place, > then we'd know where we stood.
I had private conversation with Solar Designer. He said: > Peter has a valid point, but: > > - Yes, the terms are "conditional", but so what. Peter does not show > how this is a problem for their use of the code. I think that it is > not. > > - If they want unconditional BSD license, they can place their copy of > my code under that, without having to ask me. This is possible because > it is a valid change in _either_ case. It is valid if the code is in > the public domain - because they can license it any way they like then > - > and it is also valid because the fallback license I provided is cut-down > BSD. So just remove the "public domain part" of my permission text. > No GPL-like "license virus" here. :-) > > - I dislike including a copyright+license only, with no public domain > option (for those who find it acceptable for their use/redistribution). > This is because I dislike forcing people to list me as a copyright > holder in their copyright statements for their larger "products". I don't want to push this too much because I understand that we cannot work on all ends at the same time. meillo _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
