[Mesa-dev] mesa-demos licensing/copying file

[Brian Paul]

On 07/13/2010 02:55 PM, Jerome Glisse wrote:
> In order to clarify the licensing of mesa-demos i propose to add
> the attach copying file. I simply cut/paste the MIT license preserving
> the close forbidding use of silicon graphics in advertising for the
> software.
>
> I am not a lawyer or anythings close to that so let me know if i did
> somethings wrong. I think pretty much all the mesa demos author agreed
> on the MIT license.
>
> If i have no objections over the next 2 week i will push the COPYING
> file.
>
> Cheers,
> Jerome
>
> COPYING:
>
> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
> copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
> to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
> the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
> and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
>
> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
> all copies or substantial portions of the Software, and that the name of
> Silicon Graphics, Inc. not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
> distribution of the software without specific, written prior permission.
>
> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
> OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
> THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS  BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
> LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
> OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
> SOFTWARE.


I don't think we can put a single licence/copyright file that blankets 
all the code in mesa-demos.  Some programs come from SGI and their 
copyright/license should be preserved as-is.  Some Mesa demos are 
public domain.

The other demos should be MIT-licensed like Mesa, but it's not 
explicitly stated in every .c file.

I think the COPYING file should say that a number of licenses are used 
(see the program.c file in question to find out).  If no license or 
copyright terms are given I think we can assume the MIT license was 
intended.

-Brian