Dear x.org , I represent a technology team at Cisco Systems, Inc. We are contacting you regarding code copyrighted by you which we obtained from x.org, called xorg-cf-files 1.0.2 11.el6, "Configuration File for Xorg' " A member of the development team intends to use this code for commercial purposes and we would like to better understand its licensing terms.
Is there a license agreement for this code such that it can be used in commercial software? Are you willing to release the code under the "MIT" license (also called the "X11" or "Expat" license), reproduced below? Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. Looking forward to hearing from you at the earliest. Thank you. Kind Regards, Adrian Fry [http://www.cisco.com/web/europe/images/email/signature/logo05.jpg] Adrian Fry Manager.Quality Systems SPTVG - Platform Integration & Test [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Mobile: +447881914305 Cisco.com<http://www.cisco.com/> [Think before you print.] Think before you print. This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/index.html
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