[Pkg-fonts-devel] fontforge license queries

[Vasudev Kamath]

Jonas Smedegaard <dr at jones.dk> writes:

> Quoting Vasudev Kamath (2016-05-02 16:58:19)
>> Now I would need some help to identify this license
>>
>>                         All Rights Reserved
>>
>> Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its 
>> documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, 
>> provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that 
>> both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in 
>> supporting documentation, and that the name of Digital not be used in 
>> advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software 
>> without specific, written prior permission.
>>
>> DIGITAL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, 
>> INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO 
>> EVENT SHALL DIGITAL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR 
>> CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF 
>> USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR 
>> OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR 
>> PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
>>
>> It looks like Expat/MIT but the terms are not exactly the same so I 
>> wonder what I should name this licensing as.
>
> For a license not listed at SPDX (as referenced in the copyright format 
> 1.0 documentation) you will need to invent your own shortname.  For a 
> license closely related to an SPDX license and therefore likely derived 
> from it, I would reuse the SPDX name with an added ~foo suffix, to 
> indicated the relationship.  Here I would use "Expat~Digital".
>

Thanks! (Both Jonas and Fabian). I think I would go with Expat~Digital
as suggested by Jonas.