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New license request: MIPS [SPDX-Online-Tools]

Open xsuchy opened this issue 1 year ago • 1 comments

1. License Name: MIPS License 2. Short identifier: MIPS 3. License Author or steward: Unknown 4. Comments: This was found during License Review in Fedora Linux https://gitlab.com/fedora/legal/fedora-license-data/-/issues/235 It was found in a package binutils-gdb. 5. License Request Url: http://tools.spdx.org/app/license_requests/400 6. URL(s): https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/tree/include/coff/sym.h#n11, https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/tree/include/coff/symconst.h#n11 7. OSI Status: Unknown 8. Example Projects: https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb

xsuchy avatar Oct 14 '24 11:10 xsuchy

License text:

Copyright (c) 1992, 1991, 1990 MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.
MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. grants reproduction and use
rights to all parties, PROVIDED that this comment is
maintained in the copy. 

But e.g., here https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/tree/include/coff/symconst.h#n18 is slightly longer variant:

(C) Copyright 1984 by Third Eye Software, Inc.

Third Eye Software, Inc. grants reproduction and use rights to
all parties, PROVIDED that this comment is maintained in the copy.

Third Eye makes no claims about the applicability of this
symbol table to a particular use.

xsuchy avatar Oct 14 '24 11:10 xsuchy

@xsuchy - is the second variant (Third Eye) also found in Fedora?

[nevermind, looks like that answer is yes based on the links!]

jlovejoy avatar Dec 12 '24 17:12 jlovejoy

I'm +1 to add each of these as separate historical licenses, probably with MIPS and Third-Eye as the identifiers.

swinslow avatar Dec 12 '24 17:12 swinslow

discussed on 12/12 call - agree to add both with following ids: MIPS with no markup Note: This license is the same as ThirdEye, but does not have a disclaimer.

ThirdEye with no markup. Notes: This license is the same as MIPS, but adds a disclaimer.

jlovejoy avatar Dec 12 '24 17:12 jlovejoy

This new license/exception request has been accepted and the information for the license/exception has been merged to the repository. Thank you to everyone who has participated! The license/exception will be published at https://spdx.org/licenses/ as part of the next SPDX License List release, which is expected to be in three months' time or sooner. In the interim, the new license will appear on the license list preview site at https://spdx.github.io/license-list-data/. This is an automated message.

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