Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:39:56 +0000 MJ Ray wrote: > >> I think that's the one. There are several often called MIT. Someone >> has moved the copy on X.org to which >> http://www.fr.debian.org/legal/licenses/ links - has anyone >> a new URL besides the failed open source initiative, please? > > AFAIK, the two most famous licenses ambiguously called "MIT license", > are: > > a) the Expat license (http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt) > > b) the X11 license (formerly http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html) > > The latter URL (http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html) has been useful > for long time, but now seems to have vanished. > Another URL (http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#3) includes > something that resembles to the X11 license, but it rather seems to be > an Expat license with an added final no-advertising/no-promotion clause > similar to the one found in the X11 license. > > I'm pretty sure the "real" X11 license (the one once found at > http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html, now vanished) has other > differences that distinguish it from the Expat license. > Namely: > a) the condition explicitly mentions that the copyright notice and > license text must be included in supporting documentation (as well as in > the Software or any substantial portion) > b) permission to sublicense is not explicitly mentioned > > These two differences seem to be negligible, since the term "Software" > includes "associated documentation files" and the list of granted rights > is exemplary, not exhaustive ("Permission is hereby granted [...] to > deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation > the rights to [...]"). > Nonetheless, the X11 and Expat license texts differ in those details too > (not only for the presence of the final no-advertising/no-promotion > clause). > > Has anyone found another URL for the "real" X11 license (the one that > used to live at http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html)?
Gentoo has a fairly comprehensive collection of license texts at http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/licenses/, including an "MIT" and an "X11" license that are quite distinct. -- Måns Rullgård [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
