bug#296: Your copyright on 'stat'

> > All the best to you
> 
> Heather:
> 
> Thanks for the message and the kind words. I am glad to hear that you and
> your colleagues find stat useful. It's been and continues to be an
> indispensable tool for me.

:) We write good stuff to solve our own needs, I guess - in the free
software world this leads to lots of small and handy answers floating
around.  I'm glad you wrote it.

> > ...but I have also heard people use the words "Public Domain" to
> > mean a license which allows the public to use it freely, with some
> > basic freedoms of derivitive works and lack of need to credit anyone
> > implied.

> As far as the "license", the intended meaning is the latter--use it however
> you wish, just be sure to give credit where credit is due. Here's the
> LICENSE text file slated for the 1.1.0 version. It should give a general
> feel for what was intended by public domain:

Excellent.  This is perfect.  Have a great weekend.   I've cc'd the bug
system again so it gets to everyone;  don't worry about including it on
any reply.  I'll cheerfully send you a note when we release our .ISO
images, if you like.

>     Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Grant Erickson <[email protected]>.
>     All rights reserved.
> 
>     Redistribution and use of this program in source and binary forms, with
>     or without modification, are permitted provided that the following
>     conditions are met:
> 
>       1. Redistributions of source code shall retain the above copyright
>          notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> 
>       2. The origin of this software shall not be misrepresented. No claim
>          shall be made that you or the organization you represent wrote the
>          original software.
> 
>       3. Altered source versions shall be plainly marked as such, and shall
>          not be misrepresented as being the original software.
> 
>       4. The name of the author, Grant Erickson, may not be used to endorse
>          or promote products derived from this software without specific
>          prior written permission.
> 
>     THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
>     IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
>     WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
>     DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT,
>     INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
>     (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
>     SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
>     HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
>     STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
>     ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
>     POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
> 
> Best regards,
> Grant Erickson
> -- 
>  Grant Erickson                       University of Minnesota Alumni
>   * [email protected]                                      1996 BSEE
>   * http://www.umn.edu/~erick205                          1998 MSEE

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