[Pkg-fonts-devel] fontforge license queries (Was: fontforge new licensing)

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Vasudev Kamath (2016-05-02 16:58:19)
> Now I would need some help to identify this license
>
>                         All Rights Reserved
>
> Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its 
> documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, 
> provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that 
> both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in 
> supporting documentation, and that the name of Digital not be used in 
> advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software 
> without specific, written prior permission.
>
> DIGITAL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, 
> INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO 
> EVENT SHALL DIGITAL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, 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.
>
> It looks like Expat/MIT but the terms are not exactly the same so I 
> wonder what I should name this licensing as.

For a license not listed at SPDX (as referenced in the copyright format 
1.0 documentation) you will need to invent your own shortname.  For a 
license closely related to an SPDX license and therefore likely derived 
from it, I would reuse the SPDX name with an added ~foo suffix, to 
indicated the relationship.  Here I would use "Expat~Digital".

 - Jonas

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