[PATCH xserver 2/2] Xinput: use appropriate copyright markup for a multi licensed doc

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Mon Sep 26 12:44:10 PDT 2011


On 09/24/11 02:21 PM, Gaetan Nadon wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Gaetan Nadon<memsize at videotron.ca>
> ---
>   doc/Xinput.xml |   18 ++++++------------
>   1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/Xinput.xml b/doc/Xinput.xml
> index 87c6d7f..b88707f 100644
> --- a/doc/Xinput.xml
> +++ b/doc/Xinput.xml
> @@ -16,16 +16,9 @@
>         </author>
>      </authorgroup>
>      <releaseinfo>X server version&xserver.version;</releaseinfo>
> -<corpname>X Consortium Standard</corpname>
> -<copyright><year>1989</year><holder>Hewlett-Packard Company</holder></copyright>
> -<copyright><year>1990</year><holder>Hewlett-Packard Company</holder></copyright>
> -<copyright><year>1991</year><holder>Hewlett-Packard Company</holder></copyright>
> -
> -<copyright><year>1989</year><holder>X Consortium</holder></copyright>
> -<copyright><year>1990</year><holder>X Consortium</holder></copyright>
> -<copyright><year>1991</year><holder>X Consortium</holder></copyright>
> -<affiliation><orgname>X Consortium</orgname></affiliation>
> -<productnumber>X Version 11, Release 6.7</productnumber>
> +<copyright><year>1989</year><year>1990</year><year>1991</year>
> +<holder>Hewlett-Packard Company</holder>
> +</copyright>
>
>   <legalnotice>
>
> @@ -37,13 +30,14 @@ Hewlett-Packard makes no representations about the suitability for any purpose o
>   document. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. This document is only a draft stan-
>   dard of the X Consortium and is therefore subject to change.
>   </para>
> +</legalnotice>
>
> +<legalnotice>
>   <para>Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the&ldquo;Software&rdquo;), 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:</para>
>
> +<para role="multiLicensing">Copyright © 1989, 1990, 1991 X Consortium</para>
>   <para>Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the&ldquo;Software&rdquo;), 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:</para>
>
> -<para>The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.</para>
> -
>   <para>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 X CONSORTIUM 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.</para>
>
>   <para>Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization from the X Consortium.</para>

That doesn't look quite right - the "Permission is hereby granted, ... subject 
to the following conditions:" paragraph is duplicated (with no conditions after
the first one), and you seem to have accidentally removed one of the conditions
("The above [notices] shall be included....") in the second instance.

-- 
	-Alan Coopersmith-        alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
	 Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System



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