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FS#26081 - [licenses] W3C software license (amaya, libwww)
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Opened by Isaac Dupree (idupree) - Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 15:42 GMT
Last edited by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Thursday, 27 October 2011, 16:11 GMT
Opened by Isaac Dupree (idupree) - Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 15:42 GMT
Last edited by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Thursday, 27 October 2011, 16:11 GMT
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DetailsW3C has a BSD-like license for its software.
The archlinux package libwww [community] has a copy of the license from 1998 - the license has a newer version as of 2002. I believe [1] contains an updated version. The archlinux package amaya [community] has a text-rendering of the current license[2] - I haven't discovered where that text-file came from. In any case, it's the same license. This license gets its own entry on the GNU license list (it's Free and GPL-compatible) [3]. Per Arch policy [4], "Once a license is used in two or more packages in an official repository (including [community]), it becomes a part of the licenses package." I'm interested in this happening because I'm attempting to package w3c-html-validator for AUR, and it has the same license too. [1] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-short-notice-20021231.html [2] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231 [3] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html [4] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#license |
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Closed by Dan McGee (toofishes)
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 16:11 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented
Additional comments about closing: 2.9
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 16:11 GMT
Reason for closing: Implemented
Additional comments about closing: 2.9
Comment by Dan McGee (toofishes) -
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 13:23 GMT
We need a text file, and I'd like it to be available on the Internet, not pulled from some random package using this license. Does w3.org not provide a plain text version?
Comment by Isaac Dupree (idupree) -
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 18:21 GMT
I haven't been able to find a plain-text version on w3.org or even in their source tarballs (though I could have missed it). Why is the W3C good at standards but not copyright licenses!! I don't know whether there exists a good contact address to ask them.
Comment by Sergej Pupykin (sergej) -
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 14:54 GMT
Can 'lynx -dump copyright-software-20021231.html >W3C-LICENSE' be a temporary solution? It produces quite good text version of this license.