From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13633 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2000 00:50:44 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 26 Mar 2000 00:50:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 9575 invoked by alias); 26 Mar 2000 00:50:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 10252 Received: (qmail 9560 invoked from network); 26 Mar 2000 00:50:33 -0000 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:50:31 +0000 From: Adam Spiers To: zsh workers mailing list Subject: Re: zsh license preventing move to sourceforge.net? (fwd) Message-ID: <20000326005031.A18407@thelonious.new.ox.ac.uk> Reply-To: Adam Spiers Mail-Followup-To: zsh workers mailing list Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i X-Home-Page: http://www.new.ox.ac.uk/~adam/ X-OS: Linux 2.2.12 i686 ----- Forwarded message from Drew Streib ----- Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:05:02 -0800 (PST) From: Drew Streib To: Adam Spiers Cc: dtype@users.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: zsh license preventing move to SF? X-Parp-Accepted: sourceforge.net I've looked at this and it doesn't appear to conflict with any part of the OSI definition. I would approve the license on this. :) -drew ------- Drew Streib 408.542.5725 Sr Developer, Community Liason, SourceForge | System Administrator, Linux International | Information Architect, VA Linux Systems | Admirer, Occasional Programmer, Linux.com | On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Adam Spiers wrote: > Hi there, > > I sent this question to dlb but got no response. Maybe > you're a more suitable victim ;-) > > The zsh developers would like to move our codebase to > sourceforge. However, while zsh is released under a license > entirely within the spirit of free software (similar to the > GPL, see below), it's not technically OSI approved. Would > this be a problem? A swift response would be most > appreciated! > > Adam > > # > # Copyright (c) 1995-1997 Richard Coleman > # All rights reserved. > # > # Permission is hereby granted, without written agreement > and without > # license or royalty fees, to use, copy, modify, and > distribute this > # software and to distribute modified versions of this > software for any > # purpose, provided that the above copyright notice and the > following > # two paragraphs appear in all copies of this software. > # > # In no event shall Richard Coleman or the Zsh Development > Group be liable > # to any party for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or > consequential > # damages arising out of the use of this software and its > documentation, > # even if Richard Coleman and the Zsh Development Group have > been advised of > # the possibility of such damage. > # > # Richard Coleman and the Zsh Development Group specifically > disclaim any > # warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied > warranties of > # merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The > software > # provided hereunder is on an "as is" basis, and Richard > Coleman and the > # Zsh Development Group have no obligation to provide > maintenance, > # support, updates, enhancements, or modifications. > # > > ----- End forwarded message -----