Re: [Maintainer] Help determining proper LICENSE for x11-wm/piewm?

On 2024-05-26T04:31:17.000+02:00, David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> wrote:
>  A PR (https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=279111) has been
> opened with the intent to supply a suitable LICENSE for the x11-wm/piewm
> port.
> 
> I am the maintainer of the port (out of self-defense, more than anything
> else); I am unable to determine what would make sense in this case:
> 
> * The most recent "copyright" notice I find is from 1991 (U. of
>   Maryland).
> * There also exist "copyright" notices from:
>   * Don Hopkins (1989)
>   * MIT (1989)
>   * Solbourne Computer, Inc (1990)
>   * Evans & Sutherland (1988)
>   * HP & MIT (1989)
> * As best I can determine, there are no explicit "license" statements in
>   the distribution.
> 
> The creator of the PR suggested "MIT" for the license.  While I can't
> claim that's wrong, I also can't claim it's right -- and my current
> impression is that claiming something that is, in fact, not correct in
> such a case is probably rather worse than making no claim at all.
> 
> I am no expert in law (in general) or Intellectual Property law (in
> particular).  I would like to do "what's right."
> 
> Suggestions or advice?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Peace,
> david.  I would like to do "what's right."
> 
> Suggestions or advice?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Peace,
> david
> -- 
> David H. Wolfskill                              david@catwhisker.org
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> 
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Here's what OpenBSD defines, not saying it's correct but might help.
https://github.com/openbsd/ports/blob/master/x11/piewm/Makefile#L7

Best regards,
Daniel