From 3160b30623fd2f18d91be80bcc16ea753948f0ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Kientzle Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 17:20:18 -0400 Subject: Clarify the copyright situation: most sources are 2-clause BSD, a few sources are still 3-clause, build files vary. SVN-Revision: 92 --- COPYING | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'COPYING') diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index 6128d175..ec7d6c43 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,7 +1,41 @@ -All of the C source code and documentation in this package is subject -to the following: +The libarchive distribution as a whole is Copyright by Tim Kientzle +and is subject to the copyright notice reproduced at the bottom of +this file. -Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Tim Kientzle +Each individual file in this distribution should have a clear +copyright/licensing statement at the beginning of the file. If any do +not, please let me know and I will rectify it. The following is +intended to summarize the copyright status of the individual files; +the actual statements in the files are controlling. + +* Except as listed below, all C sources (including .c and .h files) + and documentation files are subject to the copyright notice reproduced + at the bottom of this file. + +* The following source files are also subject in whole or in part to + a 3-clause UC Regents copyright; please read the individual source + files for details: + libarchive/archive_entry.c + libarchive/archive_read_support_compression_compress.c + libarchive/archive_write_set_compression_compress.c + libarchive/mtree.5 + tar/matching.c + +* The following source files are in the public domain: + tar/getdate.y + +* The build files---including Makefiles, configure scripts, + and auxiliary scripts used as part of the compile process---have + widely varying licensing terms. Please check individual files before + distributing them to see if those restrictions apply to you. + +I intend for all new source code to use the license below and hope over +time to replace code with other licenses with new implementations that +do use the license below. The varying licensing of the build scripts +seems to be an unavoidable mess. + + +Copyright (c) 2003-2008 All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -- cgit v1.2.1