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

Gaetan Nadon memsize at videotron.ca
Tue Sep 27 06:01:01 PDT 2011


On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 12:44 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:

> 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.






Pdf Before (added new lines for readability)
===========================

        Copyright © 1989 Hewlett-Packard Company
        Copyright © 1990 Hewlett-Packard Company
        Copyright © 1991 Hewlett-Packard Company
        Copyright © 1989 X Consortium
        Copyright © 1990 X Consortium
        Copyright © 1991 X Consortium
        
        Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
        documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
        provided that the above
        copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
        copies. Hewlett-Packard makes no representations about the
        suitability for any purpose
        of the information in this 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.
        
        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:
        
        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 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.
        
        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.
        
        X Window System is a trademark of The Open Group.
        

With the current patch
==============

        Copyright © 1989, 1990, 1991 Hewlett-Packard Company
        
        Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
        documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
        provided that the above
        copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
        copies. Hewlett-Packard makes no representations about the
        suitability for any purpose
        of the information in this 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.
        
        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:
        
        Copyright © 1989, 1990, 1991 X Consortium
        
        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 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.
        
        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.
        
        X Window System is a trademark of The Open Group.
        

Yes, there is a duplicate paragraph as it happened in a few docs.
Yes, the paragraph "The above copyright notice" was dropped.

Will resubmit. Thanks.




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