From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ciao.gmane.io (ciao.gmane.io [116.202.254.214]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 149953858C52 for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:54:40 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 149953858C52 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=fail (p=reject dis=none) header.from=epa.gov Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=m.gmane-mx.org Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pltqo-0001ZE-Ll for cygwin-apps@cygwin.com; Mon, 10 Apr 2023 17:54:38 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com From: Andrew Schulman Subject: Re: does this match an SPDX license? Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 11:54:27 -0400 Message-ID: References: <9u283i18v99qrkdcsp0n7ofojkukbka304@4ax.com> <9u283i18v99qrkdcsp0n7ofojkukbka304-e09XROE/p8c@public.gmane.org> <75d6d97d-9183-8e94-fcb7-869d7234f4ba@Shaw.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 X-Archive: encrypt X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3032.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,KAM_SHORT,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: > 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. Andrew