Greetings,
As suggested on the Fedora wiki, I'm contacting the list to inquire regarding the acceptability of the following proposed documentation license, as I'd like to ensure that it will become be an impediment to having documentation included in Fedora (or using Fedora Copr).
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THE DPS8M DOCUMENTATION LICENSE
Version 0.9, 29 August 2021
Copyright © 2019‑2021 The DPS8M Development Team
All Rights Reserved.
This documentation was produced by The DPS8M Development Team and other contributors. Any views or conclusions contained in this documentation are those of the authors, and must not be interpreted as representing official policies, either express or implied, of The DPS8M Development Team.
Redistribution and use in ‘source’ (including, but not limited to, TeX, LaTeX, SGML DocBook, reStructuredText, Markdown, RUNOFF, Lout, etc.) and ‘compiled’ forms (including, but not limited to, transformations to other DTDs, conversions to SGML, XHTML, PDF, DjVu, XPS, PostScript, RTF, or other formats, etc.), in whole or in part, for any purpose, including commercial applications, with or without modification, in any medium, is hereby permitted, without fee or royalty, provided that the following conditions are met:
1. Redistributions of ‘source’ forms must retain, unaltered, the above text, copyright notice, any other notices of legal privilege, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions of ‘compiled’ forms must reproduce, verbatim, the above text, copyright notice, any other notices of legal privilege, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer prominently in the documentation and/or other human‑readable materials provided with the distribution.
3. The origin of this documentation, including the names of the distributors, assemblers, authors, contributors, and holders of copyright or other legal privilege must not be misrepresented.
4. Except as contained in this notice, the names of the distributors, assemblers, authors, contributors, and holders of copyright or other legal privilege must not be used in advertising or publicity.
5. Any deviation from these conditions requires explicit prior written permission from the distributors, assemblers, authors, contributors, and holders of copyright or other legal privilege.
THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, CORRECTNESS, AND NON‑INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. THE DISTRIBUTORS, ASSEMBLERS, AUTHORS, CONTRIBUTORS, AND HOLDERS OF COPYRIGHT OR OTHER LEGAL PRIVILEGE MAKE NO CLAIMS, PROMISES, OR GUARANTEES REGARDING THE ACCURACY, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS, AUTHENTICITY, RELIABILITY, USEFULNESS, OR ADEQUACY OF ANY INFORMATION, AND HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, MODIFICATIONS, OR CORRECTIONS TO, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS AND OMISSIONS WITHIN THIS DOCUMENTATION. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DISTRIBUTORS, ASSEMBLERS, AUTHORS, CONTRIBUTORS, AND HOLDERS OF COPYRIGHT OR OTHER LEGAL PRIVILEGE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, OR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, GENERAL, 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 FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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Thank you,
-- Jeffrey H. Johnson trnsz@pobox.com