Re: what license is ?

[Samuele Giovanni Tonon]

On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 08:07:14AM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
 On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 20:17, Santiago Vila wrote:
 
  This is the (in)famous advertising clause. [...]
  It does not prevent the program from being
  DFSG-free, [...]
 How does it not violate DFSG 9?
i think that :
The license must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed
along with the licensed software. For example, the license must not insist
that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be free software.

is different from :

 All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
 must display the following acknowledgement:
 This product includes software developed by Niels Provos.

because it doesn't place restriction on the software, but it just say:
Hey if you try to sell/send CD's or brochures in which you mention
libevent (also stegdetect has the same license), you have to esplicitally say 
that that sw was made by Niels Provos

i don't think this can be view as a restriction to other sw; it's just a banner.

i hope to have write on a clear english, if not forgive me, i'm no native
English speaker.

Regards
Samuele 


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what license is ?

[Samuele Giovanni Tonon]

hi,
i'm making the package of a library (libevent) which has this license 
this looks like a derived form of BSD license anyway i don't know
if i can put it under bsd license or i have to cut'n paste the license
inside the copyright file (anyway it looks debian compatible) .
the only difference seem to be point 3 beetween this and BSD Lic.
What do you suggest ?

/*
 * Copyright 2000-2002 Niels Provos [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 * 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 Niels Provos.
 * 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
 *derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``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 AUTHOR 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.
 */


pls cc me because i'm not subscribed to debian-legal.

thanks
Samuele 
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