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23/01/2010 17:11:24 (2 years ago)
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chris
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Switch license to GPL for backup parts, and dual GPL/BSD for common
parts, as discussed and agreed in this thread:

 http://lists.boxbackup.org/pipermail/boxbackup/2010-January/000005.html

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  • box/trunk/LICENSE-DUAL.txt

    r2290 r2596  
    11Box Backup, http://www.boxbackup.org/ 
    22 
    3 Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Ben Summers and contributors. All rights reserved. 
    4   
     3Copyright (c) 2003-2010, Ben Summers and contributors. 
     4All rights reserved. 
     5 
     6Note that this project uses mixed licensing. Any file with this license 
     7attached, or where the code LICENSE-DUAL appears on the first line, falls 
     8under this license. See the file COPYING.txt for more information. 
     9 
     10This file is dual licensed. You may use and distribute it providing that you 
     11comply EITHER with the terms of the BSD license, OR the GPL license. It is 
     12not necessary to comply with both licenses, only one. 
     13 
     14The BSD license option follows: 
     15 
    516Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
    6 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 
    7 are met: 
     17modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 
    818 
    9191. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 
    … …  
    1323   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 
    1424   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 
     25  
     263. Neither the name of the Box Backup nor the names of its contributors may 
     27   be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without 
     28   specific prior written permission. 
    1529 
    16 3. All use of this software and associated advertising materials must  
    17    display the following acknowledgement: 
     30THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" 
     31AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
     32IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 
     33ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY 
     34DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 
     35(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; 
     36LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND 
     37ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 
     38(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 
     39THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 
    1840 
    19         This product includes software developed by Ben Summers and 
    20         contributors. 
     41[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#3-clause_license_.28.22New_BSD_License.22.29] 
    2142 
    22 4. The names of the Authors may not be used to endorse or promote 
    23    products derived from this software without specific prior written 
    24    permission. 
     43The GPL license option follows: 
    2544 
    26 [Where legally impermissible the Authors do not disclaim liability for  
    27 direct physical injury or death caused solely by defects in the software  
    28 unless it is modified by a third party.] 
     45This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 
     46modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
     47as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 
     48of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 
    2949 
    30 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 
    31 IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 
    32 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE 
    33 DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, 
    34 INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 
    35 (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR 
    36 SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 
    37 HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, 
    38 STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN 
    39 ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 
    40 POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 
     50This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
     51but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
     52MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the 
     53GNU General Public License for more details. 
     54 
     55You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 
     56along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
     57Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA. 
     58 
     59[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html#SEC4] 
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