Re: [Fedora-legal-list] License clarification for xvt

[Mamoru TASAKA]

Hello:
> On 05/04/2013 10:22 AM, Mamoru TASAKA wrote:
> > Hello:
> >
> > On the review request for xfe:
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=958150
> > a question was raised on the license of xvt/xvt.c in
> > xfe-1.34.tar.gz, which says:
> >
> > /*  Copyright 1992, 1994 John Bovey, University of Kent at Canterbury.
> > Redistribution and use in source code and/or executable forms, with
> > or without modification, are permitted provided that the following
> > condition is met:
> > Any redistribution must retain the above copyright notice, this
> > condition and the following disclaimer, either as part of the
> > program source code included in the redistribution or in human-
> > readable materials provided with the redistribution.
> > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS".  Any express or implied
> > warranties concerning this software are disclaimed by the copyright
> > holder to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.  In no
> > event shall the copyright-holder be liable for any damages of any
> > kind, however caused and on any theory of liability, arising in any
> > way out of the use of, or inability to use, this software.
> > In other words, do not misrepresent my work as your own work, and
> > do not sue me if it causes problems.  Feel free to do anything else
> > you wish with it.
> >
> > */
> >
> > I think this can be MIT, however I would appreciate if someone would check
> > the license above.
>
> It is BSD. I've added it to the variant list.
>
> ~tom

Thank you for clarification, spot.

Regards,
Mamoru