Changeset 2596 for box/trunk/LICENSE-GPL.txt

Timestamp:

23/01/2010 17:11:24 (2 years ago)

Author:

chris

Message:

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

File:

• box/trunk/LICENSE-GPL.txt (moved) (moved from box/trunk/LICENSE.txt) (1 diff)

box/trunk/LICENSE-GPL.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
 Box Backup, http://www.boxbackup.org/
 
-Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Ben Summers and contributors. All rights reserved.
- 
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-are met:
+Copyright (c) 2003-2010, Ben Summers and contributors.
+All rights reserved.
 
-1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+Note that this project uses mixed licensing. Any file with this license
+attached, or where the code LICENSE-GPL appears on the first line, falls
+under this license. See the file COPYING.txt for more information.
 
-2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
-3. All use of this software and associated advertising materials must 
-   display the following acknowledgement:
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-        This product includes software developed by Ben Summers and
-        contributors.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
-4. The names of the Authors may not be used to endorse or promote
-   products derived from this software without specific prior written
-   permission.
+[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html#SEC4]
 
-[Where legally impermissible the Authors do not disclaim liability for 
-direct physical injury or death caused solely by defects in the software 
-unless it is modified by a third party.]
-
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
-WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
-DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
-INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
-(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
-SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
-HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
-STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
-ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
-POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+You may find a full copy of the GPLv2 license at:
+[http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt]