Request for review: latex-prosper

[Ed Hill]

On Sun, 2005-05-29 at 17:56 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> http://mpeters.us/fc_extras/latex-prosper.spec
> http://mpeters.us/fc_extras/latex-prosper-1.00.4-0.1.src.rpm


Hi Michael,

This is not a full review (sorry, not enough time tonight!) but I did
notice one item that confused me.  The prosper license says "LPPL" but I
looked through the docs and could only find the following (see below)
which appears to be very BSD-like (which is fine).

So should the license be listed as "BSD" instead of "LPPL" ?

Ed

===  from: prosper/doc/prosper-doc.pdf  ===

9 Copyright information

Copyright (c) 2000 by Frederic Goualard, all rights reserved.

Permission is hereby granted, without written agreement and without
license or royalty fees, to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
software and its documentation for any purpose, provided that the
above copyright notice and the following two paragraphs appear in all
copies of this software.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF
THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAS
BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

THE AUTHOR SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS
IS" BASIS, AND THE AUTHOR HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE,
SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.

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