Feedparser license

Konstantin Ryabitsev icon at fedoraproject.org
Wed Jan 4 16:03:07 UTC 2006


Hey, all:

I'm thinking of packaging Mark Pilgrim's Feedparser
(http://feedparser.org). However, it's got a non-standard, if
FOSS-compatible license. Here's the text of the entire license:

---
Copyright (c) 2002-2005, Mark Pilgrim
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* 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.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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 COPYRIGHT OWNER 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.
---

I'm thinking this is even less restrictive than GPL, so there shouldn't
be any potential licensing issues with linking. At this point I'm pretty
much wondering:

      * if I have overlooked something
      * what to put in the License: field in the .spec file (currently I
        have License: custom, but I'm not sure of the convention)

Any suggestions?

Cheers,
-- 
Konstantin Ryabitsev
McGill University WSG

Mal: "Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip
about at all."





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