From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: libmagic license Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:44:01 -0500 Message-ID: <20180103224401.GA20609@jasmine.lan> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58977) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWrlZ-0006y2-9J for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:44:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWrlV-0004GW-3Q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:44:09 -0500 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:38627) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eWrlU-0004Fm-Tx for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:44:05 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Catonano Cc: guix-devel --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 11:21:02PM +0100, Catonano wrote: > Libmagic has a weird license >=20 > Is it suitable for Guix ? >=20 > Here it is > https://github.com/threatstack/libmagic/blob/master/COPYING Here is the license text: ------ $File: COPYING,v 1.1 2008/02/05 19:08:11 christos Exp $ Copyright (c) Ian F. Darwin 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995. Software written by Ian F. Darwin and others; maintained 1994- Christos Zoulas. This software is not subject to any export provision of the United States Department of Commerce, and may be exported to any country or planet. 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 immediately at the beginning of the file, without modification, 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. =20 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. ------ It's a common 2-clause BSD license. It also has a sentence claiming that the software is not affected by some USA laws. I think this sentence is meaningless without references to any relevant caselaw, and I think we can ignore it, although I am not a lawyer. BTW, this is a 3rd-party mirror of libmagic. The canonical source of libmagic is in the 'file' package. --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEsFFZSPHn08G5gDigJkb6MLrKfwgFAlpNXLEACgkQJkb6MLrK fwiLtBAAk0VH4hHJ8i6IFd9TaIMGNGHXUn41g5LLxKWSFCUijIF6H2jSLX729zJy 1C1S1SYBwAvlCXD2y/U5nYAQkzTvp/gjNbGBZCtKYYhwr49PCVibN+tEjhZ0s8of WrAjq1kuP4hIeHluE+qanajCDyJ4F/YWEzI0SPwNi/05CrVYtnDXDKlyF4C1aC1f qFuQxNa8++08MEXlWKqf/xYUNDVhYzOaFJc3Ukn5fbfCRvrP3zP9cCoPB+SwLayc 3LHRMAWGU0phxGD/Sb7Q2BOkZFfg3zA0YanS+mUTYKsVVX5R6KnA2sBHH63v9LoI 5Qr4mwFHo1l5uugBD0wS/cMnvJiWgaggtuQVAOCN+gxp6V0vJ3EVAKgUn9UdTDrk S+FIzk0vFWK0a6TiCTjTEnCpHSoqKSRMJT+b+986MXdDxhZ1w4GxT48knzeJymwL 7ZxoJNjbmGXlN5vsnf9vtJ1QkxREAZHxzne5Ppii+JlqdTZN89RnzY7RmUsv+RgI hJ7tWpeNa1ysaTCtlTCh24M5I/jp8bEE7G6b4rwMYG9TKvdKicb+2QK3hCdqYzQu unaedNv5XM6UBmYxdGRWs83tG5fu314msiTCX+DPzPN9iP7+IylhVdGamZ7ailY1 qJC4fPtIkaaZGKAs8UBHQmmuRJ+al462o6/+fEz2NZ9nLtIbfwk= =QzJm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HcAYCG3uE/tztfnV--