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authorJuliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.jussieu.fr>2007-07-23 22:55:01 +0200
committerJuliusz Chroboczek <jch@pps.jussieu.fr>2007-07-23 22:55:01 +0200
commit0feb027d6c94a7896c5d2fb861de8c69340998db (patch)
tree031c476692467eb927021405e07a30dde3b13658
parent6e799b71a736588a5aeb274851bc8a81323d661e (diff)
Replace generic copyright statement.
-rw-r--r--COPYING34
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index e894728..4ef12a7 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,28 +1,12 @@
-XFree86 code without an explicit copyright is covered by the following
-copyright/license:
+The XFree86/Xorg encoding files are in the public domain.
-Copyright (C) 1994-2003 The XFree86 Project, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+Most of these encoding files were generated by me in the winter of 1998/1998
+from publicly available sources (notably from data files provided by the
+Unicode Consortium) using a throw-away program written in Common Lisp. Over
+the years, a number of people have kindly added new encoding files to the
+collection.
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
-a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
-the following conditions:
+If you want to add a copyright statement to an encoding file, you need
+your brain examined.
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
-included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
-EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
-IN NO EVENT SHALL THE XFREE86 PROJECT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES
-OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR
-THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-Except as contained in this notice, the name of the XFree86 Project
-shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use
-or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
-from the XFree86 Project.
+ Juliusz Chroboczek