From: Michael Sterrett Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 07:00:58 +0000 (+0000) Subject: remove unused license X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=14ca10cc0e0ff40c46cf2c54855fca7286636f64;p=gentoo.git remove unused license --- diff --git a/licenses/4F b/licenses/4F deleted file mode 100644 index eeec0be57f90..000000000000 --- a/licenses/4F +++ /dev/null @@ -1,166 +0,0 @@ - - -4F LICENSING - - - -

4F LICENSE AGREEMENT

- -Revision: 2 November 2, 2002 -

-This license is (C) Copyright 2002 Lameter Corporation, -7131 Cabernet Ave, Newark, CA 94560, United States of America, http://lameter.com christoph@u-OS.org -

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-Distribution of exact copies of this license agreement is allowed and must -be redistributed with all modifications and enhancements to this product. -

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-The text of section 1 might be changed if this license agreement is -to be applied by a copyright holder for another software product. -

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-THIS SOFTWARE MIGHT BE OBTAINED UNDER DIFFERENT LICENSING AGREEMENTS.
-Please contact the license holder(s) for details. -

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Note that this license is in its early stages of formulation. It will most likely be refined in the next weeks. -Ultimately a non-profit should be the license holder and not a commercial entity. It might take awhile until -the necessary organization and funds are available to start such a non-profit organization. -Comments are appreciated. Please respond to christoph@u-OS.org.

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SECTION ONE: The software under the 4F License

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Name of the Software Product
uPM - Micro Package Manager -
Short Description
uPM is a package management system with source build and archive maintenance capability -
License Holder
Lameter International Corporation, 7131 Cabernet Ave, Newark, CA 94560, http://lameter.com info@lameter.com -
Distribution License
4F Class D -
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SECTION TWO: The 4F License

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The aim of this license is not to restrict your rights. 4F Licensing was developed to preserve the four freedoms when using a software product: -

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  1. The freedom to obtain and review the source code for the software product. The 4F license requires that the source be made -available for software products distributed under 4F licenses. -
  2. The freedom to redistribute the source code and the binary. The 4F license gives anyone the right to redistribute -the source as well as the binaries. -
  3. The freedom to modify the source code and redistribute the modifications. -
  4. The freedom to use software for any purpose by any person. -
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4F Licensing protects your and other persons rights to make use of these freedoms. -Redistribution is only allowed if the person you are distributing to will also have the Four Freedoms. -A 4F License becomes invalid if those rights are not given. And this license is the only legal justification for the -use, modification and deployment of this software. -

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We have chosen not to use the typical terms Free Software or Open Source Software -because both terms have led to a wrong understanding of this type of licensing in the past. -The concern of free or open source licensing is not to get the software for free -(meaning one does not have to pay any money for it) but to preserve the Four Freedoms. -The term Free Software typically leads to that misunderstanding. -The term Open Source often seems to avoid mentioning the Four Freedoms that need to be preserved. -It also gives rise to the misunderstanding that the access and ability to view the source code is sufficient. -

-We have chosen the term 4F (long Four Freedoms) because it does not have the baggage of the other terms -and clearly expresses the purpose of Free or Open Source Licenses. -

-4F Licensing allows different grades -of protection of these rights. If a 4F licensed product is combined with other products the four freedoms might no -longer be applicable to the whole. 4F licensing defines CLASSES of protection. A later class requires that the requirements of all earlier classes be fulfilled too. The following classes exist: - - - - - - - - - -
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ANo protection. -The sourcecode might be modified and redistributed under other licenses at will. -4F Class A licenses are similar to BSD licensed code. -The only provision is that credit is given to the authors of the code in the final product.
BProtection for the software product itself. -The Four Freedoms must be preserved for all modifications of the source code that are distributed. -The product might be combined (f.e. linked into) other software that is licensed differently. -The combination of other software plus the software product might not preserve the Four Freedoms. -Class B licensing is similar to the protection offered by the LGPL. -
CProgram (Executable) protection. -The Four Freedoms must be preserved for all binaries generated. -If a piece of software is used for the generation of a binary -then all sourcecode that was used to generate the binary and all shared -objects loaded must also be made available under the Four Freedoms. -If this is not possible then the combination or the production -of the binary is not permitted under this license. -
DMedia / Site protection.. -The software might not be distributed on media combined with software not preserving -the four freedoms. This means that publication on a CD that contains non 4F compliant software is not -permitted. The medium and all content must be sharable under the Four Freedoms principle. -The same is true for publication of ftp sites. -Publication on ftp sites that also distribute non 4F compliant software is not permitted. -CDs and ftp site contents must be freely redistributable and modifiable in order to satisfy Class D. -
ESystem protection.. -The Four Freedoms must be preserved for all software installed under the same Operating System and all software -used to install the system and any software on it. -The license becomes invalid if software is present under the installation -with the same operating system that contain software not conformant to 4F licensing. -Specifically this prohibits installation of proprietary software (such as Microsoft Software) under the same installed -operating system as a Class E product. -
FOrganizational protection. The software might not be used by an organization/group/corporation that -is combining the use of the software so licensed with software that does not provide the Four Freedoms. -
GProtection for program interaction. The software must be deployed in such a way that it does not interact (transfer data to/from, use documents formatted by) non 4F compliant software.
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-4F licensing aims to be conforming to the DFSG (Debian Free Software Guidelines http://www.debian.org), the OSI criteria -for free software licenses (Open Source Initiative see http://www.opensource.org) and the free software criteria of the -Free Software Foundation (The GNU project see http://www.gnu.org). -Only Classes A-C are compliant with the criteria of the those organizations since protection against loss of the Four Freedoms by aggregation is only permitted for binaries. -

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SECTION THREE: Warranty

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-The software is provided and licensed free of charge therefore there is no -warranty for the software to the extent permitted by applicable law. -

-This license is void in legal context where a law makes the copyright holder -or any contributor provide a warranty for this software that was provided free of charge. -

-There is no warranty unless otherwise stated in writing by the copyright holders. -The software is provides "as-is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed -or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability -and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk of using this software -is with the user of this program. Should this software fail then the user will -assume the cost of all necessary services, repairs, corrections or whatever -else is necessary to remedy the situation. -

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SECTION FOUR: Liability

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-In no event unless required by applicable law or agree to in writing will any -copyright holder, or any other party who may have modified and/or redistributed -the software under the regulations of this license be liable to you for damages -including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out -of the use or inability to use the software (including but not limited to loss -of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by the user or -third parties or a failure of the software to operate with any other software), even -if such holder or other party has been advised of the possibility of such damages. -

-This license is void if the above limitations are rendered ineffective by law or -judicial decision. -

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SECTION FIVE: Definition of Terms

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4F Conformant License
-A conformant license is a license that is conformant to the Free Software/Open Source principles. -OSI accredited licenses (see http://www.opensource.org) are -4F conformant. So is any license that allows the exercise -of the Four Freedoms. Examples of conformant licenses are: -
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  • 4F Licenses -
  • GPL (is a 4F Class C compliant license) -
  • LGPL (is a 4F Class B compliant license) -
  • BSD (is a 4F Class A compliant license) -
  • Public Domain (is 4F Class A compliant) -
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