[gentoo-dev] IBM License

[gentoo-dev] IBM License

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

Hi folks,

Over in #gentoo-dev we've been discussing the need for a new license
for OpenSMTPD (currently in my overlay [1]).

What do we call it, and should it be included, or is it already
covered by another license we have?

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Thanks,
Jason


[1] http://git.zx2c4.com/portage/tree/mail-mta/opensmtpd/opensmtpd-5.2.ebuild

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Re: [gentoo-dev] IBM License

[Robin H. Johnson]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 01:57:10PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Over in #gentoo-dev we've been discussing the need for a new license
> for OpenSMTPD (currently in my overlay [1]).
> 
> What do we call it, and should it be included, or is it already
> covered by another license we have?
+1 to add it from me.

It's basically BSD-3, plus a patent immunity grant.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] IBM License

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Thu, 28 Feb 2013, Robin H Johnson wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 01:57:10PM +0100, Jason A. Donenfeld wrote:
>> Over in #gentoo-dev we've been discussing the need for a new license
>> for OpenSMTPD (currently in my overlay [1]).
>> 
>> What do we call it, and should it be included, or is it already
>> covered by another license we have?

> +1 to add it from me.

> It's basically BSD-3, plus a patent immunity grant.

+1 from me too. It's a free software license, so we can add it to
@MISC-FREE.

Regarding the name, I suggest to call it "IBM-base64".

Ulrich