I've just done a survey of the source code for the PCAP Library in preparation for the possible use of this library in a commercial software product. These days, with SCO vs. IBM in the news, the issue of copyright and license issues are hot and I therefore found myself reading the copyright notices in all of the source files for the PCAP library.
During the survey, I noted that the following source files do not have a clearly stated copyright and licensing position.
acconfig.h and pcap_enet.c
Could I ask that the tcpdump project place the appropriate copyright and license notices in these files ?
Also, the files config.sub and config.guess are made available under the GNU General Public License, with a special exception: "if you distribute this file as part of a program that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, you may include it ..."
Can you tell me if the GPL generic license terms apply of if there is indeed a configuration script generated by Autoconf ?
Finally, there is a file called LICENSE which at first blush appears to be the license statement for the PCAP Library as a whole. Is this the intent ? This appears to be a slightly simplified BSD form license. However it refers in paragraphs 1 and 2 to "the above copyright notice" - which is not present in the file.
Thank you for your help.
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