Re: [Fedora-legal-list] axmail licensing question
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On 07/18/2014 01:57 PM, Jaroslav Skarvada wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to package axmail for Fedora. It's released under
> GPLv2+, but in the sources [1] there is file with the following
> text:
>
> /* * Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. *
> All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and
> binary forms are permitted * provided that this notice is preserved
> and that due credit is given * to the University of California at
> Berkeley. The name of the University * may not be used to endorse
> or promote products derived from this * software without specific
> prior written permission. This software * is provided ``as is''
> without express or implied warranty. */
>
It seems a BSD Three Clause Variant even if referential year (1980) is
too distant.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:BSD?rd=Licensing/BSD#BSD_Three_C...
Clarify with upstream.
The code was taken from the mailx-5.3b. I can confirm the text is there,
I mirrored the source for reference at [1]. Currently there is no
more info regarding this from the axmail upstream. I also opened
ticket for bundling exception [2]. Any ideas about the license?
thanks & regards
Jaroslav
[1] http://fedorapeople.org/~jskarvad/mailx-5.3b.tar.gz
[2] https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/447