Hi
Eric wrote: Kevin P. Fleming <[email protected]>: >> And on the subject of the MIT- annd BSD-style licenses, removing the >> license notice which contains the copyright holder(s)' name(s) and >> replacing it with an SPDX license identifier is a material change. >Altering copyrights is a different and much more legally dicey proposition >than altering licenses. My code >doesn't touch copyrights. >Another common misconception, which the SPDX list unfortunately encourages, is >that the copyright is part of >the license. It is not; it is legally prior to >the license and is displayed in association because it is the >>copyright-holder's authority for imposing the license. I think there is a misunderstanding. In my opinion Kevin had the following class of licenses in mind, when he made the point: Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. the License text includes the names of the copyright holders: " Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics" .Replacing this specific instance by lets say the SPDX template license is a material change. @ Kevin please correct me if I am wrong Ciao Oliver -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> _______________________________________________ Spdx-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-tech
