Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ Upstream-Name: xtail Upstream-Contact: Chip Rosenthal Source: https://www.unicom.com/sw/xtail Files: * Copyright: 1989-2000 Chip Rosenthal License: Unlicense Comment: From: Chip Rosenthal To: David William Richmond Davies-Jones Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:57:20 -0500 The license for archival software published on my website is here: http://www.unicom.com/sw/license . Except a couple years ago I started releasing my stuff into the public domain with an "Unlicense" statement. (unlicense.org) . You may choose either one (my preference would be Unlicense). If you need something other than this email to document this, let me know. . On Wed, 2017-07-19 at 18:27 +0100, David William Richmond Davies-Jones wrote: > Hello > > I'm in the process of overhauling the xtail package in Debian, part > of > which is updating the copyright details to a machine-readable format. > > The current copyright file contains an email from you saying that the > package is licensed under the BSD license - but there are a few > different BSD licenses. Would you mind clarifying which? > > Many thanks > > David Davies-Jones > > -- Chip Rosenthal * 512-573-5174 * KE5VHV * http://www.unicom.com/ Files: debian/* Copyright: 2017 David William Richmond Davies-Jones 2015 Joao Eriberto Mota Filho 2001-2008 Roderick Schertler License: GPL-2+ License: Unlicense This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. . Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means. . In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law. . THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. . For more information, please refer to License: GPL-2+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. . This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. . You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this package; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA . On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in the file `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.