gifsicle license question
Hans de Goede
j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Tue Aug 21 21:32:57 UTC 2007
Orion Poplawski wrote:
> Most of gifsicle is GPLv2+, but one file (src/clp.c) is under the
> "Click" license:
>
> 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.
>
> The name and trademarks of copyright holders may NOT be used in
> advertising or publicity pertaining to the Software without specific,
> written prior permission. Title to copyright in this Software and any
> associated documentation will at all times remain with copyright holders.
>
> 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.
>
>
> ---
>
> Looks a lot like MIT to me. So "GPLv2+ and MIT"?
>
It is MIT (new style), but unless that c file gets build into a binary all by
itself, the resulting binaries are all GPLv2+ (as thats the more restrective
license of their input files. And this the license tag is simple:
License: GPLv2+
Regards,
Hans
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