[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/licenses Summarize for the reader the likely significa...

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branches:  trunk
changeset: 512202:acb4153e7608
user:      schmonz <schmonz%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Tue May 02 16:28:05 2006 +0000

description:
Summarize for the reader the likely significance of software sans
license. For details of DJB's rationale and redistribution conditions,
refer to his "Software user's rights" and "Frequently asked questions
from distributors" web pages. As required by his redistribution
conditions, warrant that we have made a good-faith attempt to ensure
that our packages behave correctly.

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 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 46 deletions(-)

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diff -r bede903d5b62 -r acb4153e7608 licenses/djb-nonlicense
--- a/licenses/djb-nonlicense   Tue May 02 16:23:30 2006 +0000
+++ b/licenses/djb-nonlicense   Tue May 02 16:28:05 2006 +0000
@@ -1,51 +1,20 @@
-$NetBSD: djb-nonlicense,v 1.1 2006/04/29 14:12:22 gdt Exp $
-
-A number of software packages written by Dan Bernstein do not have
-licenses that are Free or Open Source.
-
-The copying terms for qmail are given at
-http://cr.yp.to/qmail/dist.html:
-
-D. J. Bernstein
-Internet mail
-qmail
+$NetBSD: djb-nonlicense,v 1.2 2006/05/02 16:28:05 schmonz Exp $
 
-Information for distributors
-
-If you're a distributor, you should join the qmaildist mailing list.
+Many software packages written by Dan Bernstein do not have licenses.
+As such, these packages cannot be considered OSI Certified Open
+Source Software. This may impact you if, for instance, your company's
+legal department mandates that only licensed software be used.
 
-You may distribute copies of qmail-1.00.tar.gz, with MD5 checksum
-d3033be700fd6f59ac0548c832652dd3.
-
-You may distribute copies of qmail-1.01.tar.gz, with MD5 checksum
-1f606d6a5d1caaca6da6b6fa5db500bf.
-
-You may distribute copies of qmail-1.02.tar.gz, with MD5 checksum
-01071fe52b5257adb4bb6bcf8149eb16.
+Bernstein's rationale for not placing his software under a license is
+described at "Software user's rights":
 
-You may distribute copies of qmail-1.03.tar.gz, with MD5 checksum
-622f65f982e380dbe86e6574f3abcb7c.
-
-Vendors: I'd be interested in hearing about any CDs that include the
-package, but you don't have to check with me if you don't want to.
+http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html
 
-If you want to distribute modified versions of qmail (including ports,
-no matter how minor the changes are) you'll have to get my
-approval. This does not mean approval of your distribution method,
-your intentions, your e-mail address, your haircut, or any other
-irrelevant information. It means a detailed review of the exact
-package that you want to distribute.
+Bernstein's redistribution conditions are described at "Frequently
+asked questions from distributors":
 
-Exception: You are permitted to distribute a precompiled var-qmail
-package if (1) installing the package produces exactly the same
-/var/qmail hierarchy as a user would obtain by downloading, compiling,
-and installing qmail-1.03.tar.gz, fastforward-0.51.tar.gz, and
-dot-forward-0.71.tar.gz; (2) the package behaves correctly, i.e., the
-same way as normal qmail+fastforward+dot-forward installations on all
-other systems; and (3) the package's creator warrants that he has made
-a good-faith attempt to ensure that the package behaves correctly. It
-is not acceptable to have qmail working differently on different
-machines; any variation is a bug. If there's something about a system
-(compiler, libraries, kernel, hardware, whatever) that changes qmail's
-behavior, then that platform is not supported, and you are not
-permitted to distribute binaries.
+http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html
+
+The pkgsrc team warrants that we have made a good-faith attempt to
+ensure that our packages of Bernstein's software behave correctly
+and meet his redistribution conditions.