From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca>
To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: does this match an SPDX license?
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:18:57 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <75d6d97d-9183-8e94-fcb7-869d7234f4ba@Shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9u283i18v99qrkdcsp0n7ofojkukbka304@4ax.com>
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?
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.
--
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada
La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-04-10 13:17 Andrew Schulman
2023-04-10 15:18 ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2023-04-10 15:54 ` Andrew Schulman
2023-04-10 16:29 ` Brian Inglis
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