Re: OpenSPF test resources Licence

Stefano Bagnara <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.spf.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Scott Kitterman ha scritto:
> On Monday 17 September 2007 06:40, Stefano Bagnara wrote:
>> Can you clarify this point? Can you add a LICENSE file to the svn folder
>> containing the tests?
>> [...]
> 
> This is a good point.  They are also shipped in the Python Software Foundation 
> Licensed pyspf, which is BSDish.  So, given that the primary authors of the 
> test suite have distributed it under BSD or BSD like terms, I'm pretty sure 
> then answer is that it's OK, but it should definitely be clarified as you 
> suggest.
> 
> Scott K

Stuart D. Gathman ha scritto:
> I am the primary developer for the test suite.  My intention was that
> the test suite be used in any sort of project, open or proprietary, but
> that the test suite source itself always be available.  This fits the PSL as
> far as I can tell.  IANAL, but I suppose the "attribution" part of BSD would in
> theory allow a user to find and use the test-suite to verify an implementation,
> so it should be fine.  Comments?

As Scott and Stuart agree on the licensing can someone with commit
access update the *.yml files in the www.openspf svn to include a
reference to the BSD or the PSFL lincese?
This should be fast and fix this issue before it's too late (if you
start accepting patches to the test suite under an unknown license then
it will become a mess).

Stefano

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