Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265383AbUASQy7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:54:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265384AbUASQy7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:54:59 -0500 Received: from red-corpb4-7-68.telnor.net ([200.76.246.68]:45542 "EHLO pubserv01.bajawireless.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265383AbUASQyy (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Jan 2004 11:54:54 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 09:03:19 -0800 To: Jes Sorensen Subject: Re: License question References: Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Misshielle Wong Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera7.23/Linux M2 build 518 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2992 Lines: 66 Hi > > This is also known as the BSD 'advertisement' clause which was the > main reason we could never use BSD code in the old days. Berkeley has > since updated their license and removed this clause from it, however > the license still poses a problem since it doesn't include an explicit > patent license grant, but thats a completely different issue. > No, the advertising clause is not present in the license in question. Following is the original BSD license, which includes the advertising clause. It is clause #3. ==== Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. This software was developed by the Computer Systems Engineering group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory under DARPA contract BG 91-66 and contributed to Berkeley. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed by the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement: This product includes software developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors. 4. Neither the name of the University 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 REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``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 REGENTS 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. ==== > Cheers, > Jes > -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/