> On 2023-04-10 07:17, Andrew Schulman via Cygwin-apps wrote: > > autossh comes with the license shown below. Is there an SPDX license > > identifier > > (https://spdx.org/licenses/) that I can associate with this? It looks most > > like > > public domain to me. Thanks, Andrew > > > > autossh is copyright (c) Carson Harding, 2005. > > All rights reserved. > > > > Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without > > modification, are freely permitted. > > > > THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, > > INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY > > AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL > > THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, > > SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, > > PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; > > OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, > > WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR > > OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF > > ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > > Not that I have seen or can find: where did you find the text, so I can ask?
The author of autossh, Carson Harding, emailed me the license text years ago, after I asked him what license he wanted to use. I could email him again to ask if there's a standard license he wants to use; just thought I'd check here first. > This is a totally permissive licence, without any conditions, just warranty > and > liability disclaimers. > > You could use e.g. LicenseRef-motd-autossh-permissive-no-conditions for now. Thanks. I think that will do for now. Andrew
