Re: New License Request: Valgrind Client License
Steve Winslow
Hi Stefan, thanks for reaching out. It looks to me like this one is equivalent (for SPDX matching purposes) to bzip2-1.0.6 which is currently on the license list [1]. So I don't expect that this would lead to a new entry on the list, unless there are substantive differences under the SPDX matching guidelines [2].
As a heads-up, new license requests are probably best submitted through the GitHub issues list [3], as that is the primary place where participants review the requests and prepare additions to the list.
Best,
Steve
On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 10:31 PM Stefan Brüns <stefan.bruens@...> wrote:
Valgrind (http://valgrind.org) is mostly licensed under GPL-2.0-or later, but
includes several permissively licensed header files for inclusion in arbitrary
client programs.
Proposed Full Name: Valgrind BSD-Style Client Header License
Short Identifier: Valgrind-BSD-Client-Header
The license is included in the following files:
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=valgrind.git;a=blob;f=include/valgrind.h
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=valgrind.git;a=blob;f=callgrind/callgrind.h
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=valgrind.git;a=blob;f=drd/drd.h
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=valgrind.git;a=blob;f=hellgrind/hellgrind.h
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=valgrind.git;a=blob;f=memcheck/memcheck.h
The actual license clauses are identical for all 5 files.
Full Text (valgrind.h):
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Notice that the following BSD-style license applies to this one
file (valgrind.h) only. The rest of Valgrind is licensed under the
terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, unless
otherwise indicated. See the COPYING file in the source
distribution for details.
----------------------------------------------------------------
This file is part of Valgrind, a dynamic binary instrumentation
framework.
Copyright (C) 2000-2017 Julian Seward. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must
not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this
software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product
documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
3. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must
not be misrepresented as being the original software.
4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote
products derived from this software without specific prior written
permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``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 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.
----------------------------------------------------------------
Kind regards,
Stefan
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