should all BB code be GPL?
Robert P. J. Day
rpjday at mindspring.com
Mon Jul 10 04:20:12 PDT 2006
i was just about to write a perl script to go through the source
files and replace any GPL-related verbosity with the single-line
boilerplate for brevity until i read this in libbb/change_identity.c
(sorry about the ugly re-formatting, you can blame pine):
===================================
/*
* Copyright 1989 - 1991, Julianne Frances Haugh
<jockgrrl at austin.rr.com>
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
* 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
* notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 2. 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.
* 3. Neither the name of Julianne F. Haugh 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 JULIE HAUGH 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 JULIE HAUGH 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.
*/
=======================================
i don't see any reference to the GPL here. what should i assume?
rday
More information about the busybox
mailing list