slirp: update COPYRIGHT to use full 3-Clause BSD License
According to commit 2f5f8996 ("Remove the advertising clause from the slirp license"), Danny Gasparovski gave permission to license slirp code under 3-clause BSD license: Subject: RE: Slirp license Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 10:51:00 +1100 From: "Gasparovski, Daniel" <Daniel.Gasparovski@ato.gov.au> To: "Richard Fontana" <rfontana@redhat.com> I have no objection to having Slirp code in QEMU be licensed under the 3-clause BSD license. slirp/COPYRIGHT's initial version in 2004 (commit 5fafdf24) listed only 3 clauses BUT used the poisonous advertising clause for clause 3 which is the controversial clause of non-free 4-clause (that is, it appears that the BSD-4 license was copied, and then the WRONG clause was deleted, when creating COPYRIGHT. Perhaps explained as an easy mistake to make since 3-clause was created by removing clause 3 of the 4-clause, where you sometimes see the three-clause version with clauses 1, 2, 4; but more commonly see a renumbered version with clauses 1, 2, 3 to close the gap. If you pay attention only to clause numbers instead of content, it can be easy to confuse which clause to delete to go from 4-clause to 3-clause). Commit 2f5f8996 removed the poisonous wrong clause on the grounds of moving from 4-clause to 3-clause; but did not add the missing clause, which makes it LOOK like the 2-clause version. But I think we have a decent enough trail showing the intent for 3-clause. Signed-off-by:Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> Reviewed-by:
Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Reviewed-by:
Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
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