>>>>> "David" == David Laight <david.lai...@aculab.com> writes:
>> Tyson Key <tyson.key <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > As far as I'm aware, TCPDump is released under the terms of the
>> BSD
David> Licence
>> > - meaning that Nokia haven't got any obligations regarding
>> releasing
David> their
>> > modifications; and whilst it's not the most reliable
>> information
David> source on
>> > the planet, Wikipedia seems to corroborate that thought.
>>
>> Thanks Tyson. Yes, I see that now in the sources. Still, might
>> it
David> be useful to
>> mention the license somewhere on the web site?
David> The sources seem to contain a mix of zero, 2, 3 and 4 clause
David> BSD licences from Berkley. I thought Berkley had made a
David> general statement that some of those clauses (esp. the
David> advertising one) could be removed??
Yes, so wherever it has a 4-clause license, you can replace it with a
3-clause license (patches welcome!!!). Going from 3-clause to 2-clause
would generally require the agreement of everyone who contributed to the
file. (volunteers welcome!)
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