From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 14:54 To: Norton,David Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: License for SQLAnywhere syntax file
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 /// Thank you sir, that clears things up. David Norton Software Engineer, Lighthouse IP Dev [email protected] | 816-201-7135 www.cerner.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE This message and any included attachments are from Cerner Corporation and are intended only for the addressee. The information contained in this message is confidential and may constitute inside or non-public information under international, federal, or state securities laws. Unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or use of such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the addressee, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender of the delivery error by e-mail or you may call Cerner's corporate offices in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A at (+1) (816)221-1024. -- 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
