From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesse Gibbons Subject: Help identifying licenses Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2019 11:55:54 -0600 Message-ID: <644c16fbe6b0151174a3a91e67c1dba092bfa778.camel@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:41268) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iHAlF-0002d1-CK for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2019 13:56:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iHAlD-0004M2-S2 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2019 13:56:01 -0400 Received: from mail-pf1-x433.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::433]:43066) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iHAlD-0004LV-Hb for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Oct 2019 13:55:59 -0400 Received: by mail-pf1-x433.google.com with SMTP id a2so7125237pfo.10 for ; Sun, 06 Oct 2019 10:55:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from piranhaplant.local ([199.68.53.171]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id 74sm14760258pfy.78.2019.10.06.10.55.55 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 06 Oct 2019 10:55:56 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix mailing list I'm working on packaging for Guix the filters package found in debian (home page ). It involves a lot of different licenses, and I'm not sure what to put for two of them in particular: 1. newspeak The author says bsd-like. I don't see any clauses or yelling. What should I put for it? Here's the relevant snippet from debian/copyright: Files: newspeak.l Copyright: 1991 Jamie Zawinski License: other-4 The newspeak filter is now relicensed under a BSD-like copyright. Its author established the new copyright in this email: . From: Jamie Zawinski Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 16:17:02 -0700 To: Joey Hess Subject: Re: copyright of newspeak filter . Hey there -- I'm cleaning out old mail, and don't remember if I replied to this or not. Anyway, in case I didn't -- feel free to slap this license atop the newspeak script (it's BSD-like, so that should work for you.) . Copyright (c) 1991 Jamie Zawinski . Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. 2. Kenny The author says Artistic as found on debian in /usr/share/common- licenses/Artistic. It is not found in (guix licenses), and sincee I do not run debian from that era I cannot compare the text to verify the license's identity. Here's the relevant snippet from debian/copyright: Files: kenny Copyright: 2001 Christian Garbs 2002 Alan Eldridge License: Artistic On Debian systems, the full text of the Artistic license can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/Artistic Thanks for the help, -- -Jesse