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New license request: MIT-old-style [SPDX-Online-Tools] #2575

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xsuchy opened this issue Oct 2, 2024 · 2 comments
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New license request: MIT-old-style [SPDX-Online-Tools] #2575

xsuchy opened this issue Oct 2, 2024 · 2 comments

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xsuchy commented Oct 2, 2024

1. License Name: MIT Old Style
2. Short identifier: MIT-old-style
3. License Author or steward: Unknown
4. Comments: This license was discovered during License review in Fedora Linux. https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/issues/575
It is an old license, but it is still actively used in the Xsel package.
5. License Request Url: http://tools.spdx.org/app/license_requests/396
6. URL(s): https://github.com/kfish/xsel/blame/master/COPYING
7. OSI Status: Unknown
8. Example Projects: https://github.com/kfish/xsel/

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xsuchy commented Oct 2, 2024

License text for your convenience:

Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
documentation.  No representations are made about the suitability of this
software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or
implied warranty.

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xsuchy commented Oct 2, 2024

@richardfontana comment from Fedora issue:

This is close to HPND-sell-variant but the disclaimer sentence ("No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose") is different (possibly only in being in the passive). Approved, submit to SPDX, see if they think HPND-sell-variant should be revised to accommodate this variant.

I will welcome your comments if this should be new license or markup of existing license. Or something else?

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