Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 02:51:00 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: You can take my source. (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990420024818.11384K-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <19990420164530.A40482@lemis.com>
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On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Tuesday, 20 April 1999 at 2:08:39 -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >>> * without specific prior written permission. > >>> * > >>> * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND > > > > .. > > > > constitute the way that most of the BSD license works? > > This part does. Unfortunately, the license you sent included not just > the Berkeley License, but also an AT&T license. The bit I quoted at > the very top (USL license) is definitely *not* part of the Berkeley > license, and in fact closer to the licenses to be found in System V > sources. > > > I'll retract the statement if you disagree as i do value your judgement. > > I think you'll understand now. > > > perhaps you would like to go over the email with a red pen (sorta) and > > i'll submit a revised post? > > Hmm. I don't have the whole message any more, but I think the rest is > OK. Just to be sure, I think this is pretty much the basis: > > * Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 > * The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. > * > * 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software > * must display the following acknowledgement: > * This product includes software developed by the University of > * California, Berkeley and its contributors. > * 4. Neither the name of the University 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 REGENTS 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 REGENTS 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. So I should just tell them that I am retracting the part about the license and give them this instead? Or do you know of a better example? -Alfred > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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