[Fedora-legal-list] possibly MIT license

[Tom Callaway]

On 12/13/2011 06:14 AM, Marcela Mašláňová wrote:
> Hello list,
> I'm trying package perl-Wx-Scintilla, which has lot of problems. But at
> the moment I'd like to solve license. The main package is licensed "same
> as Perl". Two files are under wxWindows, which is the same as wxWidgets
> license. But there is also directory under some kind of MIT.
> 
> <license>
> License for Scintilla and SciTE
> 
> Copyright 1998-2003 by Neil Hodgson <neilh at scintilla.org>
> 
> All Rights Reserved
> 
> Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
> documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
> provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
> both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
> supporting documentation.
> 
> NEIL HODGSON DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
> SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
> AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL NEIL HODGSON BE LIABLE FOR ANY
> SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
> WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
> WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
> TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE
> OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
> </license>
> 
> Could you clarify it this is MIT and if I can mark it as package under
> "(GPL+ or Artistic) and wxWidgets and MIT" ?

Yes, this is MIT, and the marking is fine.

~tom

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