On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 12:56:32PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 01:50:59PM +0100, Daniel Veillard wrote:
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>
http://lloyd.github.com/yajl/
>
> The licence is BSD ... but with what looks like an advertizing clause
> see point 2. below:
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Copyright 2007-2009, Lloyd Hilaiel.
>
> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
> met:
>
> 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
>
> 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.
>
> 3. Neither the name of Lloyd Hilaiel nor the names of its
> contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
> from this software without specific prior written permission.
>
> THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``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 AUTHOR 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.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't think that is the BSD+Advertizing - that would have a fourth
clause explicitly mentioning Advertizing. This looks just like a
standard 3-clause BSD to me, when comparing to:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:BSD
Okay, rereading it, yes this looks fine.
Daniel
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