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Re: pkgsrc license question



Brook Milligan <brook%nmsu.edu@localhost> writes:

> I have a question regarding the license to choose for a package.  It
> comes with a license file that is almost identical to the modified BSD
> license.  The sole difference is the insertion of the following
> sentence at the beginning of the last paragraph:
>
>       NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED LICENSES TO ANY PARTY'S PATENT RIGHTS ARE GRANTED 
> BY THIS LICENSE.
>
> Does this constitute a separate license or is this "close enough" to
> the modified BSD license that it can be referenced by the package?
> Thanks for your guidance.

I would say it's different.  The BSD license is widely viewed as
granting patent licenses by "permission to use".

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