Re: does this match an SPDX license?

[Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca>]

On 2023-04-10 09:54, Andrew Schulman via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 2023-04-10 07:17, Andrew Schulman via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>> autossh comes with the license shown below. Is there an SPDX license identifier
>>> (https://spdx.org/licenses/) that I can associate with this? It looks most like
>>> public domain to me. Thanks, Andrew
>>>
>>> autossh is copyright (c) Carson Harding, 2005.
>>> All rights reserved.
>>>
>>> Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
>>> modification, are freely permitted.
>>>
>>> THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``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 OR CONTRIBUTORS 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.
>>
>> Not that I have seen or can find: where did you find the text, so I can ask?
> 
> The author of autossh, Carson Harding, emailed me the license text years ago,
> after I asked him what license he wanted to use. I could email him again to ask
> if there's a standard license he wants to use; just thought I'd check here
> first.
> 
>> This is a totally permissive licence, without any conditions, just warranty and
>> liability disclaimers.
>>
>> You could use e.g. LicenseRef-motd-autossh-permissive-no-conditions for now.
> 
> Thanks. I think that will do for now.

Thanks, I will use your explanatory post as the reference, and ask on GH

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