added FLOSS exception from http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/foss-exceptio...

in order to not end up in license incompatibility hell -- tobi

git-svn-id: svn://svn.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/branches/1.2/program@728 a5681a0c-68f1-0310-ab6d-d61299d08faa

diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
index 84e2a95..8968f96 100644 (file)
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/COPYRIGHT
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
  Copyright (c) 1998-2005 Tobias Oetiker
  All rights reserved.
+ 
+ GNU GPL License
+ ===============
 
  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
@@ -18,3 +21,69 @@
  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
  59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA
+
+ FLOSS License Exception 
+ =======================
+ (Adapted from http://www.mysql.com/company/legal/licensing/foss-exception.html)
+
+ I want specified Free/Libre and Open Source Software ("FLOSS")
+ applications to be able to use specified GPL-licensed RRDtool
+ libraries (the "Program") despite the fact that not all FLOSS licenses are
+ compatible with version 2 of the GNU General Public License (the "GPL").
+ 
+ As a special exception to the terms and conditions of version 2.0 of the GPL:
+
+ You are free to distribute a Derivative Work that is formed entirely from
+ the Program and one or more works (each, a "FLOSS Work") licensed under one
+ or more of the licenses listed below, as long as:
+
+   1. You obey the GPL in all respects for the Program and the Derivative
+   Work, except for identifiable sections of the Derivative Work which are
+   not derived from the Program, and which can reasonably be considered
+   independent and separate works in themselves,
+
+   2. all identifiable sections of the Derivative Work which are not derived
+   from the Program, and which can reasonably be considered independent and
+   separate works in themselves,
+
+         1. are distributed subject to one of the FLOSS licenses listed
+         below, and
+
+         2. the object code or executable form of those sections are
+         accompanied by the complete corresponding machine-readable source
+         code for those sections on the same medium and under the same FLOSS
+         license as the corresponding object code or executable forms of
+         those sections, and
+
+   3. any works which are aggregated with the Program or with a Derivative
+   Work on a volume of a storage or distribution medium in accordance with
+   the GPL, can reasonably be considered independent and separate works in
+   themselves which are not derivatives of either the Program, a Derivative
+   Work or a FLOSS Work.
+
+ If the above conditions are not met, then the Program may only be copied,
+ modified, distributed or used under the terms and conditions of the GPL.
+
+ FLOSS License List
+ ==================
+ License name  Version(s)/Copyright Date
+ Academic Free License         2.0
+ Apache Software License       1.0/1.1/2.0
+ Apple Public Source License   2.0
+ Artistic license              From Perl 5.8.0
+ BSD license                   "July 22 1999"
+ Common Public License         1.0
+ GNU Library or "Lesser" General Public License (LGPL) 2.0/2.1
+ Jabber Open Source License    1.0
+ MIT License (As listed in file MIT-License.txt)       -
+ Mozilla Public License (MPL)  1.0/1.1
+ Open Software License         2.0
+ OpenSSL license (with original SSLeay license)        "2003" ("1998")
+ PHP License                   3.0
+ Python license (CNRI Python License)  -
+ Python Software Foundation License    2.1.1
+ Sleepycat License             "1999"
+ W3C License                   "2001"
+ X11 License                   "2001"
+ Zlib/libpng License           -
+ Zope Public License           2.0