[Help-gnutls] Re: License Info for Example Code

[Simon Josefsson]

"Cort, Tom" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Thanks for replying so quickly.
>
>> You can assume this license:
>> /* Copyright 2007 Free Software Foundation
>>  *
>>  * Copying and distribution of this file, with or without
> modification,
>>  * are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
>>  * notice and this notice are preserved.
>>  */
>
> Is that license compatible with "GPLv3 or later" (i.e. can I copy and
> paste the examples into my GPLv3 or later software without violating
> either license provided I include the notice above)? How should the
> copyright header in my program look? Is this okay...

Since this is a general problem we have asked address@hidden to help
us with the licensing.

Generally, our intention is that the example programs should be possible
to use everywhere without limitation.

Thanks,
Simon

> /*
>  * libfoo - bar bar bar.
>  * Copyright (C) 2007  Vermont Department of Taxes
>  *
>  * 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 Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
>  * (at your option) any later version.
>  *
>  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>  * GNU General Public License for more details.
>  *
>  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
>  *
>  * ---
>  *
>  * GNU TLS Examples - ex-session-info.c, ex-rfc2818.c, ex-client2.c
>  * Copyright 2007 Free Software Foundation
>  *
>  * Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
>  * are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
>  * notice and this notice are preserved.
>  */
>
> --
> Tom Cort
> Systems Developer
> Vermont Department of Taxes