Wayland protocol licenses

[Yong Bakos]

Hi Pekka,

> On Jan 23, 2017, at 12:42 AM, Pekka Paalanen <ppaalanen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 06:51:16 -0800
> Yong Bakos <junk at humanoriented.com> wrote:
> 
>>> +<protocol name="surface_layers">
>>> +
>>> +  <copyright>
>>> +    Copyright © 2017 Drew DeVault
>>> +
>>> +    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, and that the name of
>>> +    the copyright holders not be used in advertising or publicity
>>> +    pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
>>> +    written prior permission.  The copyright holders make no
>>> +    representations about the suitability of this software for any
>>> +    purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied
>>> +    warranty.
>>> +
>>> +    THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
>>> +    SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
>>> +    FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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.
>> 
>> I just noticed that this, and the linux-dmabuf-unstable protocol have different
>> copyright notices from the rest of the protocols Wayland source. Not sure if
>> this matters or not.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> is it really different text, or just different line wrapping?
> How does it compare to Wayland source file licenses?
> 
> IIRC Weston does have some files with a different line wrapping but the
> text should be identical across all files in a repository.
> 
> It's possible some files migrated before the license texts were
> unified. I think it would be good to unify the remaining ones if there
> are any.

I'll check, standardize, and send patches.

yong


> 
> 
> Thanks,
> pq

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