[Fedora-legal-list] openpkg license for specs?

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On 12/01/2009 06:42 AM, Alan Pevec wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> there's proposed spec in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541744#c1
> with the license which is not listed in
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#SoftwareLicenses
> 
> ##  liboping.spec -- OpenPKG RPM Package Specification
> ##  Copyright (c) 2000-2009 OpenPKG Foundation e.V. <http://openpkg.net/>
> ##
> ##  Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
> ##  any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that
> ##  the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
> ##  copies.
> ##
> ##  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED 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 AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR
> ##  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.
> ##
> 
> Would this be allowed in Fedora?

Yes, that's MIT.

~spot