Iain Hibbert <plunky%rya-online.net@localhost> writes: > This software is copyrighted by the Regents of the University of > California, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Scriptics Corporation, ActiveState > Corporation and other parties. The following terms apply to all files > associated with the software unless explicitly disclaimed in > individual files. > > The authors hereby grant permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, > and license this software and its documentation for any purpose, provided > that existing copyright notices are retained in all copies and that this > notice is included verbatim in any distributions. No written agreement, > license, or royalty fee is required for any of the authorized uses. > Modifications to this software may be copyrighted by their authors > and need not follow the licensing terms described here, provided that > the new terms are clearly indicated on the first page of each file where > they apply. That looks close enough to MIT that it's hard to imagine anyone (who thinks mit license is ok) getting upset. so calling it mit is ok. lang/tcl doesn't have a license yet either. > IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR DISTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY > FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES > ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, ITS DOCUMENTATION, OR ANY > DERIVATIVES THEREOF, EVEN IF THE AUTHORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE > POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > > THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTIES, > INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, > FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. THIS SOFTWARE > IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE AUTHORS AND DISTRIBUTORS HAVE > NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR > MODIFICATIONS. > > GOVERNMENT USE: If you are acquiring this software on behalf of the > U.S. government, the Government shall have only "Restricted Rights" > in the software and related documentation as defined in the Federal > Acquisition Regulations (FARs) in Clause 52.227.19 (c) (2). If you > are acquiring the software on behalf of the Department of Defense, the > software shall be classified as "Commercial Computer Software" and the > Government shall have only "Restricted Rights" as defined in Clause > 252.227-7013 (c) (1) of DFARs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the > authors grant the U.S. Government and others acting in its behalf > permission to use and distribute the software in accordance with the > terms specified in this license. This is a defense contracting term, and basically says the government has to follow the standard license terms. When someone (or a company, more typically), creates software under contract the government typically gets "unlimited rights" which enables them to do more than the mit license (distribute without acknowledgement). For the purposes of pkgsrc I would ignore the 'restricted rights' clause. If the terms said "may not be used for defense" that would be something else and non-free. (I'm not a lawyer, but I can spell DFARS :-)
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