On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 11:40 AM Fabio Valentini <decathorpe(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 5:33 PM David Cantrell <dcantrell(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>
> The first is from strlcat.c and strlcpy.c from NetBSD:
>
> /*
> * Copyright (c) 1998 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller(a)courtesan.com>
> *
> * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
> * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
> * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
> *
> * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND TODD C. MILLER DISCLAIMS ALL
> * WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES
> * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL TODD C. MILLER BE LIABLE
> * FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
> * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
> * OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
> * CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
> */
>
> (Todd Miller is also the author of sudo, so I would not be surprised if he has
> code like this in sudo as well.)
This one is, as far as I can tell using askalono, a perfect match for
the ISC license (
https://spdx.org/licenses/ISC.html)
License: ISC (original text)
Score: 0.932
Yes, a surprisingly common license in various project/package
ecosystems so worth recognizing by sight. :)
Useful to know: in the first sentence, SPDX treats both "and" and
"and/or" as equivalent for matching purposes for this particular
license.
Richard