Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license
Date
Msg-id 200311282258.hASMwJb28446@candle.pha.pa.us
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Responses Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Misplaced modifier in Postgresql license
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Richard Welty wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:23:56 -0500 (EST) Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
>
> > Richard Welty wrote:
> > > but you can consult with the attorneys for the Regents. they have
> > > changed the license at times, and have passed those changes on
> > > to other BSD licensed projects (e.g., when they removed the
> > > advertising clause the advertising clause was also removed from
> > > all the code in the OpenBSD distribution that was inherited from
> > > the original BSD project.)
>
> > If you changed the wording of the BSD license in your distribution, did
> > you talk to Berkeley before doing this?  What does your wording have?
>
> the current wording in the OpenBSD source code is as follows. it was
> last changed in July 1999, when the Regents dropped the old
> 3rd term (the advertising clause.)
>
>  * Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993
>  *    The Regents of the University of California.  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 the University 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 REGENTS 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 REGENTS 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.

OK, where did you get this wording?  Is this something Berkeley released
as one of their versions of the BSD license.

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