Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Copyright


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08/01/11 17:47:27 (13 years ago)
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jdreed
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    11TODO:  Make this compatible with the proposal at [http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/] 
    22 
    3 Volunteers not employed by MIT may substitute their names for "Massachusetts Institute of Technology". 
     3Caveats: 
     4 * Volunteers not employed by MIT may substitute their names for "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" in the text below. 
     5 * Do not alter the license text.  If you wish to license your contributions to Debathena under a license other than the one listed here, please contact release-team@mit.edu.  Please provide an explanation that is more compelling than "Because I want to", particularly if you're looking to license your code under something other than BSD (below) or GPLv2. 
     6 
     7There are two types of copyright files.  The first is the most common, and is used for software we write for Debathena: 
    48 
    59{{{ 
    6 The Athena source code was obtained from the Athena SVN repository at 
    7 <svn://debathena.mit.edu/athena/trunk>, and is licensed as follows: 
     10This software and its Debian packaging are licensed as follows: 
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    9   Copyright © 2008 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 
     12Copyright (c) <YEAR>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
     13All rights reserved. 
    1014 
    11 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 
    12 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 
    13 in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 
    14 to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 
    15 copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 
    16 furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 
     15Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 
    1716 
    18 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
    19 all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 
     17 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 
     18 * 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. 
    2019 
    21 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 
    22 IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
    23 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
    24 AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
    25 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 
    26 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN 
    27 THE SOFTWARE. 
    28  
    29 The Debian packaging is Copyright © 2008 Massachusetts Institute of 
    30 Technology, and has the same license as the original software. 
     20THIS 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 HOLDER 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. 
    3121}}} 
    3222 
     23In rare cases, we may be packaging software that exists elsewhere.  In which case: 
     24 
     25{{{ 
     26This software (but not its Debian packaging) is licensed as follows: 
     27 
     28<INSERT SOFTWARE COPYRIGHT NOTICE HERE OR A URI POINTING TO SAID NOTICE> 
     29 
     30The Debian packaging is licensed as follows: 
     31 
     32Copyright (c) <YEAR>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
     33All rights reserved. 
     34 
     35Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 
     36 
     37 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 
     38 * 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. 
     39 
     40THIS 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 HOLDER 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. 
     41}}}