Re: Licensing.. ZLib

[james@...]

Hey, that is pretty darn close, and it's already approved.
The Lua team might consider adopting this one.

Regards,
Jim

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/zlib-license.html


ZLIB:
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The zlib/libpng License
Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>

This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty.
In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from the
use of this software.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
freely, subject to the following restrictions:

1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a
product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated
but is not required.

2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
misrepresented as being the original software.

3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
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LUA:
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The Lua License
Copyright © 1994-2000 TeCGraf, PUC-Rio. All rights reserved.

Permission is hereby granted, without written agreement and without license
or royalty fees, to use, copy, modify, translate, and distribute this
software and its documentation (hereby called the "package") for any
purpose, including commercial applications, subject to the following
conditions:

1. The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall appear in all
copies or substantial portions of this package.

2. The origin of this package must not be misrepresented; you must not claim
that you wrote the original package. If you use this package in a product,
an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be greatly appreciated
(but it is not required).

3. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
misrepresented as being the original package.

The authors specifically disclaim any warranties, including, but not limited
to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular
purpose. The package provided hereunder is on an "as is" basis, and the
authors have no obligation to provide maintenance, support, updates,
enhancements, or modifications. In no event shall TeCGraf, PUC-Rio, or the
authors be held liable to any party for direct, indirect, special,
incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of this package
and its documentation.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Björn De Meyer" <bjorn.demeyer@pandora.be>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: Licensing Questions


Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo wrote:
> Using a standard licence, even if it does not spell things out exactly as
we
> think it should, would give us all more time to focus on technical
questions.

I agree with that. AFAIK, the current lua license is almost the same as
the zlib license. Why not go for the classic, GPL-compatible
zlib license?