Re: [Slib-discuss] License problem

[Aubrey Jaffer]

 | Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:38:51 +0800
 | From: wang quanhong <address@hidden>
 | 
 | I port slib to Solaris now, but now I hit the license problem.
 | Please shed some light no it.  The file "ANNOUNCE" in the package
 | slib version 3b1 declare that:
 | 
 | SLIB is free software.  It has a Permissive-Non-Warranty license
 | (http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB_COPYING.txt).
 | 
 | This license is not in the opensource 
 | list (http://www.opensource.org/licenses). 
 | <http://www.opensource.org/licenses>
 | Where can I find the exact content of this license?

The file "COPYING" in the slib distribution is the same as
http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/SLIB_COPYING.txt.  It states:

  Each file in SLIB (over a dozen lines in length) is either in the
  public domain, or comes with a statement of terms permitting users
  to copy, modify, and redistribute it.

The licenses in the individual files vary somewhat, but all permit
copying, modification, and redistribution.  This was verified by the
Free Software Foundation.  I have had no contact with opensource.org.

Hmm...  About SLIB, http://directory.fsf.org/project/slib/ says:

  License(s):
  PublicDomain

Although there are public-domain modules in SLIB, most are
copyrighted.  address@hidden: can you amend the project page?