From b46c13a854c8a494c8a1837c31a7df02bf090305 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christopher Michael Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:46:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix from no license to bsd. SVN revision: 23467 --- COPYING | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- COPYING-PLAIN | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 COPYING-PLAIN diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index 41ab9c2..73dfe06 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1 +1,28 @@ -Do whatever you want with this code.... it sucks anyway :d +Copyright (C) 2000 Christopher Michael and various contributors (see AUTHORS) + +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 of the Software and its Copyright notices. In addition publicly +documented acknowledgment must be given that this software has been used if no +source code of this software is made available publicly. This includes +acknowledgments in either Copyright notices, Manuals, Publicity and Marketing +documents or any documentation provided with any product containing this +software. This License does not apply to any software that links to the +libraries provided by this software (statically or dynamically), but only to +the software provided. + +Please see the COPYING.PLAIN for a plain-english explanation of this notice +and it's intent. + +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 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. diff --git a/COPYING-PLAIN b/COPYING-PLAIN new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b8e40d7 --- /dev/null +++ b/COPYING-PLAIN @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +Plain English Copyright Notice + +This file is not intended to be the actual License. The reason this file +exists is that we here are programmers and engineers. We aren't lawyers. We +provide licenses that we THINK say the right things, but we have our own +intentions at heart. This is a plain-english explanation of what those +intentions are, and if you follow them you will be within the "spirit" of +the license. + +The intent is for us to enjoy writing software that is useful to us (the +AUTHORS) and allow others to use it freely and also benefit from the work we +put into making it. We don't want to restrict others using it. They should +not *HAVE* to make the source code of the applications they write that +simply link to these libraries (be that statically or dynamically), or for +them to be limited as to what license they choose to use (be it open, closed +or anything else). But we would like to know you are using these libraries. +We simply would like to know that it has been useful to someone. This is why +we ask for acknowledgement of some sort. + +You can do what you want with the source of this software - it doesn't +matter. We still have it here for ourselves and it is open and free to use +and download and play with. It can't be taken away. We don't really mind what +you do with the source to your software. We would simply like to know that +you are using it - especially if it makes it to a commerical product. If you +simply e-mail all the AUTHORS (see COPYING and AUTHORS files) telling us, and +then make sure you include a paragraph or page in the manual for the product +with the copyright notice and state that you used this software, we will be +very happy. If you want to contribute back modifications and fixes you may have +made we will welcome those too with open arms (generally). If you want help +with changes needed, ports needed or features to be added, arrangements can +be easily made with some dialogue. + +Christopher Michael