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diff --git a/other-licenses/bsdiff/LICENSE b/other-licenses/bsdiff/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c146b5b39 --- /dev/null +++ b/other-licenses/bsdiff/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +BSD Protection License +February 2002 + +Preamble +-------- + +The Berkeley Software Distribution ("BSD") license has proven very effective +over the years at allowing for a wide spread of work throughout both +commercial and non-commercial products. For programmers whose primary +intention is to improve the general quality of available software, it is +arguable that there is no better license than the BSD license, as it +permits improvements to be used wherever they will help, without idealogical +or metallic constraint. + +This is of particular value to those who produce reference implementations +of proposed standards: The case of TCP/IP clearly illustrates that freely +and universally available implementations leads the rapid acceptance of +standards -- often even being used instead of a de jure standard (eg, OSI +network models). + +With the rapid proliferation of software licensed under the GNU General +Public License, however, the continued success of this role is called into +question. Given that the inclusion of a few lines of "GPL-tainted" work +into a larger body of work will result in restricted distribution -- and +given that further work will likely build upon the "tainted" portions, +making them difficult to remove at a future date -- there are inevitable +circumstances where authors would, in order to protect their goal of +providing for the widespread usage of their work, wish to guard against +such "GPL-taint". + +In addition, one can imagine that companies which operate by producing and +selling (possibly closed-source) code would wish to protect themselves +against the rise of a GPL-licensed competitor. While under existing +licenses this would mean not releasing their code under any form of open +license, if a license existed under which they could incorporate any +improvements back into their own (commercial) products then they might be +far more willing to provide for non-closed distribution. + +For the above reasons, we put forth this "BSD Protection License": A +license designed to retain the freedom granted by the BSD license to use +licensed works in a wide variety of settings, both non-commercial and +commercial, while protecting the work from having future contributors +restrict that freedom. + +The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution, and +modification follow. + +BSD PROTECTION LICENSE +TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION, AND MODIFICATION +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +0. 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