RE: [Tktable] TkTable License
by Jeff Hobbs other posts by this author
May 5 2003 7:38PM messages near this date
Re: [Tktable] TkTable License
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[Tktable] TkTable License
> Speaking of license - in at least some of the source files I see:
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> * Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
> * Copyright (c) 1994-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
That is in just a few files, generic/tkAppInit.c, which is stock
taken from Tk but isn't actually used anymore (I don't really support
building non-dlls for extensions), generic/tkTablePs.c, which isn't
used yet because I haven't enable the PS generation, but might be in
the future (routines taken from core tkCanvPs.c), and
generic/tkTableCellSort.c, which includes code from core tclCmdIL.c
for sorting routines. Practically all the rest is code written by
myself or contributors specifically for tktable.
> * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and
redistribution
> * of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
> However, I also see:
>
> $ gfind . -type f -name license.terms -print
> $ $ ls licen*
> license.txt
Ah yes ... Tcl still does call it license.terms, which I really
dislike for its lack of x-platform friendliness, so I changed it to
license.txt.
> Comparing Tcl's license.terms with tktable's license.txt, I see that
> the software copyright ownership for tktable is Jeffrey Hobbs, instead of
the
> BSD regents (as would be expected). Also, I see that a couple of
The BSD license is a format. Not everything BSD licensed is assigned
copyright to the BSD Regents (unlike what the FSF encourages for GPL).
I should probably add "et al" in the license (generic/tkTable.c lists
several contributors). In general though, I've never been much for
license restrictions, which is why all my work that someone didn't pay
me directly for (and including some of that) uses the liberal BSD
license.
> Then there is the special notes section - the bourbon_ware clause ...
Ah yes, that is an essential clause which all users must read.
Jeff Hobbs The Tcl Guy
Senior Developer http://www.ActiveState.com/
Tcl Support and Productivity Solutions
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