Author: jfs
Date: 2007-12-29 23:38:41 +0100 (Sat, 29 Dec 2007)
New Revision: 562
Modified:
trunk/openvas-client/packaging/debian/copyright
Log:
More information in the copyright, including a detailed account of holders as
well as reference to the LGPL and the inclusions of the licenses which are
neither GPL nor LGP. Done after a full (C) and license review of all the source
code
Modified: trunk/openvas-client/packaging/debian/copyright
===================================================================
--- trunk/openvas-client/packaging/debian/copyright 2007-12-29 22:36:25 UTC
(rev 561)
+++ trunk/openvas-client/packaging/debian/copyright 2007-12-29 22:38:41 UTC
(rev 562)
@@ -5,22 +5,85 @@
Upstream Author: OpenVAS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
-Copyright: Michel Arboi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nessus Consulting S.A.R.L.,
-Renaud Deraison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tenable Network Security, mjh-EDVxi
-Beratung, Kungliga Tekniska H�gskolan, Intevation GmbH, DN-Systems GmbH,
-Tim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-Jef Poskanzer, Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ulrich Drepper
-<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation, Cold
-Spring Harbor Labs, Boutell.Com, Inc.
+Copyright:
+ - OpenVAS GUI and documentation:
+ * Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2007 Intevation GmbH
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 by DN-Systems GmbH
+ * Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Renaud Deraison
+ * Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc [regex library]
+ * Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Arboi [ssl]
+
+ - Include files:
+ [nessus] Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Renaud Deraison
+ Copyright (c) Nessus Consulting S.A.R.L., 2000 - 2001
+ [getopt] Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software
Foundation, Inc.
+
+ - Translations:
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Intevation GmbH [he,
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [es]
+ * Copyright (C) 1995-1997, 2000-2003 by Ulrich Drepper
+ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [makefile]
+
+Other copyrights:
+
+- Libnessus library:
+ Copyright (C) 1998-2002 Renaud Deraison
+ Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Arboi
+ Copyright (c) Nessus Consulting S.A.R.L., 2000 - 2001
+ Copyright (c) mjh-EDV Beratung, 1996-1999
+ Copyright (C) Free Software Foundation, Inc., [getopt]
+ Copyright (c) 1995-1999 Kungliga Tekniska H�gskolan
+ (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). [snprintf]
+
+ - Autoconf:
+ Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
+ 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc.
+
+ - GD chart:
+ * Copyright. Bruce Verderaime. 1998, 1999, 2000
+ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Copyright 1994, Cold Spring Harbor Labs.
+ * Copyright 1998, Libor Skarvada, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+ * Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 Hutchison Avenue Software Corporation
+ * Copyright 1990, 1991, 1993, David Koblas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+
+Authors:
+
+ - OpenVAS GUI:
+ * Renaud Deraison
+ * Thomas Arendsen Hein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Dirk Jagdmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Jan-Oliver Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Thomas Arendsen Hein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Bernhard Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+ * Michael Arboi [ssl]
+
License:
- This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+This package holds software with three four different licenses:
+
+- GNU General Public License version 2 or later: the GUI itself (the frontend)
+- GNU General Public License version 2: the nessus backend
+- GNU Library General Public License version 2 or later: the nessus library,
+ its includes, and some files of the nessus backend
+- A BSD/MIT license: the GD chart library and some of the contents of the
+ nessus library
+
+The following text explains which licenses apply to which parts of the code. In
+case of doubt the interested party should review the copyright headers of the
+affected files.
+
+The license for most of the software in this package is the following:
+
+ This software is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License.
+
+ This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
@@ -29,6 +92,9 @@
along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+Notice that some parts of the software (source code files) are available
+at a GPL version 2 or (at your choice) a later version, as described above.
+
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'.
@@ -37,6 +103,7 @@
OpenSSL library under certain conditions as described in each
individual source file, and distribute linked combinations
including the two.
+
You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects
for all of the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify
file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to your
@@ -45,8 +112,60 @@
version. If you delete this exception statement from all source
files in the program, then also delete it here.
+Also, OpenVAS sources include (parts of) the libnessus library under the
+libnessus/ directory, this library is distributed under the GNU LIBRARY GENERAL
+PUBLIC LICENSE version 2 (or later). On Debian systems, the complete text of
+the GNU Library General Public License can be found in
+`/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL'.
+The libnessus library includes the snprintf implementation
+Copyright (c) 1995-1999 Kungliga Tekniska H�gskolan (Royal Institute of
+Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) which is distributed under the following
license:
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * 3. Neither the name of the Institute nor the names of its contributors
+ * may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+ * without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTE AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
+ * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INSTITUTE OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+ * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+ * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+ * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+ * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+ * SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+OpenVAS sources also include the GD chart library under the
+nessus/gdchart0.94b/ which has a license similar to BSD/MIT, although the
+Debian package is not compiled using this library but uses the library
+available in the Debian archive (libgdchart-gd2)
+
+The GDchart library holds the following copyright:
+
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+| GDChart is free for use in your applications and for chart generation.
+| YOU MAY NOT re-distribute or represent the code as your own.
+| Any re-distributions of the code MUST reference the author, and include
+| any and all original documentaion.
+| Copyright. Bruce Verderaime. 1998, 1999, 2000
++-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+IOW: Use it. Don't plagiarize it!
+
+
The Debian packaging is (C) 2007, Tim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and
is licensed under the GPL, see above.
-
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