SCO after BSD settlement
Gary Thorpe
gathorpe79 at yahoo.com
Sun Nov 23 20:30:45 PST 2003
You are still required to have the Copyright notice:
http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html
Here is the license template:
Copyright (c) <YEAR>, <OWNER>
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 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.
* Neither the name of the <ORGANIZATION> 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 COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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 COPYRIGHT OWNER
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.
Thats it.
The advertising clause has nothing to do with Microsoft not putting the
copyright notice somewhere in the source and manuals and other
distributed documentation. The URL has a link explaining exactly what
claus was rescinded and what it actually said.
Thats what I don't like about this whole SCO thing: too much heresay and
no critical thinking.
Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai wrote:
-On [20031123 21:02], Gary Thorpe (gathorpe79 at xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
But I was talking about _Microsoft_ not SCO, although its lucky for
them that many open source advocates are selectively outraged.
So was Matt, remember that the UCB nullified the advertising clause in
their BSDL revision a year or two ago (perhaps longer already).
Microsoft would still be violating the license if they don't have that
copyright notice.
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