Re: Need help defining a custom license

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 3:38 PM Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org> writes:
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > math/add have a license included in tarball that I'd like to define it in
>> > Makefile.
>> > Any help is welcome!
>> >
>> > COPYING:
>> > ---
>> > $Id: COPYING,v 1.11 2023/02/05 13:28:41 tom Exp $
>> >
>> > ADD
>> >
>> >
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > Copyright 1995-2022,2023 by Thomas E. Dickey.  All Rights Reserved.
>> >
>> > Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
>> > documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
>> > that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
>> > copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
>> > documentation, and that the name of the above listed copyright holder(s)
>> > not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
>> > software without specific, written prior permission.
>> >
>> > THE ABOVE LISTED COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD
>> > TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
>> > FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE LISTED COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE LIABLE
>> > FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
>> > WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
>> > ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
>> OR
>> > IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
>>
>> Likely MIT, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:MIT
>> ISC is shorter, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC_license
>> Notice the advertising clause in the above license!
>>
>>
>
> Or , first BSD license :
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses
> BSD licenses
>
> Please see the "Previous license" part .

"Previous license" starts with "Redistribution" and has shorter
no warranty list than the above license. BSD has many styles
but not as many as MIT.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:BSD