David Norton wrote: > Problem: I'm trying to find the license info for the sqlanywhere.vim > file, since I borrowed from it for a new syntax file. I need to know > to whom and under what terms the new syntax file needs to be > distributed under so I can act appropriately. Can anyone shed light on > this? > > Background: > I've started using vim recently at my company, where we use a language > similar to SQL called CCL (Cerner Command Language). I started writing > a syntax file for it, and to start off I borrowed from the > sqlanywhere.vim syntax file. > > What I know and have tried: > *I asked around internally, but the recommendation was to either ask > the maintainer directly or to ask on the vim mailing list. > > * The maintainer for the sqlanywhere file is listed as being David > Fishburn <fishburn at ianywhere dot com>. I sent him an email > Wednesday (2011-12-07), but have not yet received a reply. The last > change is listed as having been in 2005, so that email address could > be defunct. > > *The sqlanywhere.vim file is available at > http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=498 > and I found also a copy of the syntax file on my development RedHat > server at /usr/share/vim/vim<version>/syntax ; however, neither source > is specific about what license the syntax files are under. The closest > document I can find is /usr/share/doc/vim-common-<version>/README.txt, > which contains the section: > > COPYING > > Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are > encouraged to make a donation to orphans in Uganda. Please read the file > "runtime/doc/uganda.txt" for details (do ":help uganda" inside Vim). > > Summary of the license: There are no restrictions on using or distributing an > unmodified copy of Vim. Parts of Vim may also be distributed, but the license > text must always be included. For modified versions a few restrictions apply. > The license is GPL compatible, you may compile Vim with GPL libraries and > distribute it.
This syntax file is included in the Vim distribution and doesn't have a specific license notice. Thus the Vim license applies to this file. -- press CTRL-ALT-DEL for more information /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
