[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