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| author | schmonz <schmonz@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-05-05 21:23:35 +0000 |
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| committer | schmonz <schmonz@pkgsrc.org> | 2006-05-05 21:23:35 +0000 |
| commit | 6d2427cc418962d5ad583d334375c20e4446abc6 (patch) | |
| tree | 2c2f00988e1faa52c13a7b21e2c2ac28bf3042ef | |
| parent | a2f50fa7dff5c4a36b0ed730142ac763684aaaf2 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-6d2427cc418962d5ad583d334375c20e4446abc6.tar.gz | |
Remove statement of questionable merit, pending outcome of internal
discussion. We don't need it yet and we may not need it at all.
Also remove pseudo-helpful commentary. Users can interpret licenses
(or lack thereof) just fine themselves.
Thanks to gdt@ for being very careful about this stuff.
| -rw-r--r-- | licenses/djb-nonlicense | 11 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/licenses/djb-nonlicense b/licenses/djb-nonlicense index 15fb34ea619..7088e978443 100644 --- a/licenses/djb-nonlicense +++ b/licenses/djb-nonlicense @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ -$NetBSD: djb-nonlicense,v 1.2 2006/05/02 16:28:05 schmonz Exp $ +$NetBSD: djb-nonlicense,v 1.3 2006/05/05 21:23:35 schmonz Exp $ Many software packages written by Dan Bernstein do not have licenses. -As such, these packages cannot be considered OSI Certified Open -Source Software. This may impact you if, for instance, your company's -legal department mandates that only licensed software be used. +Therefore, such software (trivially) does not have a license approved +as Free or Open Source. Bernstein's rationale for not placing his software under a license is described at "Software user's rights": @@ -14,7 +13,3 @@ Bernstein's redistribution conditions are described at "Frequently asked questions from distributors": http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html - -The pkgsrc team warrants that we have made a good-faith attempt to -ensure that our packages of Bernstein's software behave correctly -and meet his redistribution conditions. |