- ISC licence
Infobox software license
name = ISC licence
caption =
author =Internet Systems Consortium
version =
copyright =
date =
OSI approved = Yes
Debian approved =
Free Software =
GPL compatible = Yes
copyleft =
linking = The ISC licence is apermissive free software licence written by theInternet Systems Consortium (ISC). It is functionally equivalent to the 2-clauseBSD licence , with language "made unnecessary by theBerne convention " removed. [cite web
url=http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html
title=OpenBSD licence policy
quote=The ISC copyright is functionally equivalent to a two-term BSD copyright with language removed that is made unnecessary by the Berne convention.] Initially used for the ISC's own software releases, it has since become the preferred licence ofOpenBSD , among other projects. [cite web
url=http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/~checkout~/src/share/misc/license.template
title=OpenBSD licence template]Before accepting the licence as a
free software licence , theFree Software Foundation (FSF) asked for clarification of the text. As a result, in July 2007 "and distribute" was changed to "and/or distribute". [cite newsgroup
title = BIND covered under which license and does it conatin any cryptographic content ?
author =Paul Vixie
date =2007-07-20
newsgroup = comp.protocols.dns.bind
id = f7pemd$1557$1@sf1.isc.org
url = http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.dns.bind/msg/e709d108c81e2ce3
accessdate = 2007-09-25]A template of this licence is:
Copyright (c) "Year(s)", "Company or Person's Name" <"E-mail address"> Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, 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.
See also
*
Poetic License is a poem based on the ISC license.References
External links
* [http://opensource.org/licenses/isc-license.txt opensource.org/licenses/isc-license.txt]
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