Thanks. This clears up a lot of questions.

--pete

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bjorn Reese [mailto:breese_at_mail1.stofanet.dk]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 3:29 PM
> To: curl-library_at_lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: License issues with base64.c in libcurl
>
>
> Peter Morelli wrote:
> >
> > So even if i'm only dynamically linking to libcurl, I need
> to include the
> > license?
>
> The short answer is no.
>
> The long answer is that there are two licenses to consider.
>
> The MIT/X license, which the libcurl sources are distributed
> under does
> not require any such credit. All it does is simply to disclaim any
> warranties. In other words it says that you can do whatever you want
> to, except suing the authors if the code misbehaves. No
> strings attached.
>
> Now, it seems that some code (like the base64 code) licensed under the
> original BSD license with the "advertisement clause" has become part
> of libcurl. That clause requires that the license is included in
> documentation for binary distributions. The clause only applies if you
> redistribute libcurl along with your executable (which does not appear
> to be the case).
>
> As for applications that do redistribute (or embed) libcurl with the
> product, the "advertisement clause" does apply. I have not
> investigated
> how much of the libcurl code contains this clause, but I am
> pretty sure
> that Daniel have included them by an oversight. I base this belief on
> the fact that the MIT/X license was adopted so that libcurl
> could become
> GPL compatible. As the original BSD license with the "advertisement
> clause" is not compatible with GPL, it sort of negates the
> whole purpose
> of using the MIT/X license in the first place. However, we
> will have to
> wait for Daniel to return before we can resolve this issue. Until then
> I would not worry too much about this issue.
>
> Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice.
>
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