+
History:
The original Bacula code was Copyright Kern Sibbald and John Walker.
After November 2004, it became Copyright Kern Sibbald, and finally,
on 15 November 2006.
Trademark:
-The name Bacula is a registered trademark.
+The name Bacula is a registered trademark of Kern Sibbald.
===================================
License:
-For the most part, Bacula is licensed under the GPL version 2
-this code is listed under Copyright Free Software Foundation
-Europe e.V. What follows are the addition(s) to the GPL version
-2 license, for code that is copyrighted as noted above.
+For the most part, Bacula is licensed under the GPL version 2 this
+code is listed under Copyright Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
+What follows is the addition(s) to the GPL version 2 license, that
+applies to code that is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation
+Europe e.V.
Linking:
As a special exception to the GPLv2, the Bacula Project gives
permission to link the code of its release of Bacula with the OpenSSL
project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it that use
the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute the linked
-executables. You must obey the GNU General Public License in all
-respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL". If you modify
-a particular file, you may extend this exception to your version of the file,
-but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish this exception
-to apply to your code, clearly indicate so in the file.
+executables. You must obey the GNU General Public License in all
+respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL".
+
+As a special exception to the GPLv2, the Bacula Project gives
+permission to link the code of its release of the Bacula Win32 File
+daemon with the Microsoft supplied Volume Shadow Copy (VSS) libraries
+and distribute the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General
+Public License in all respects for all of the code used other than for
+the Microsoft VSS code, where you must obey their license terms.
+
+The Bacula Project gives permission for plugins with GPLv2 compatible
+licenses to be loaded and distributed with the Bacula executables as
+long as the combined work is distributed under the terms listed in the
+Bacula LICENSE file. A full list of GPLv2 compatible licenses can be
+found at: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/. If you wish to load
+or distribute plugins with different licensing terms please contact
+the Bacula Project at: license@bacula.org
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What follows is information from the authors of the code:
License:
-To the best of our knowledge, all code used in Bacula that is
-copyrighted by a third party has licenses that are compatible
-with the OpenSSL license, and so with the exception that we have
+To the best of our knowledge, all code used in Bacula, which is
+copyrighted by a third party, has licenses that are compatible
+with the OpenSSL license, and so given the exception that we have
made to the GPLv2 above, Bacula can be freely linked and distributed
with the OpenSSL libraries.
-IP rights:
-Recipient understands that although each Contributor grants the
-licenses to its Contributions set forth herein, no assurances are
-provided by any Contributor that the Program does not infringe
-the patent or other intellectual property rights of any other
-entity. Each Contributor disclaims any liability to Recipient
-for claims brought by any other entity based on infringement of
-intellectual property rights or otherwise. As a condition to
-exercising the rights and licenses granted hereunder, each
-Recipient hereby assumes sole responsibility to secure any other
-intellectual property rights needed, if any. For example, if a
-third party patent license is required to allow Recipient to
-distribute the Program, it is Recipient's responsibility to
-acquire that license before distributing the Program.
+Intellectual Property rights:
+Recipient understands that although each Contributor to Bacula grants
+the licenses to its Contributions set forth herein, no assurances are
+provided by any Contributor that the Program does not infringe the
+patent or other intellectual property rights of any other entity.
+Each Contributor disclaims any liability to Recipient for claims
+brought by any other entity based on infringement of intellectual
+property rights or otherwise. As a condition to exercising the rights
+and licenses granted hereunder, each Recipient hereby assumes sole
+responsibility to secure any other intellectual property rights
+needed, if any. For example, if a third party patent license is
+required to allow Recipient to distribute the Program, it is
+Recipient's responsibility to acquire that license before distributing
+the Program.
Copyrights:
-Each Contributor represents that to its knowledge it has
+Each Contributor to Bacula represents that to its knowledge it has
sufficient copyright rights in its Contribution, if any, to grant
the copyright license set forth in this Agreement.
Bacula® - The Network Backup Solution
- Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
+ Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Free Software Foundation Europe e.V.
The main author of Bacula is Kern Sibbald, with contributions from
many others, a complete list can be found in the file AUTHORS.
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
02110-1301, USA.
- Bacula® is a registered trademark of John Walker.
+ Bacula® is a registered trademark of Kern Sibbald.
The licensor of Bacula is the Free Software Foundation Europe
(FSFE), Fiduciary Program, Sumatrastrasse 25, 8006 Zürich,
Switzerland, email:ftf@fsfeurope.org.
Source practices while maintaining full respect for proprietary and
copyrighted code.
+GPLv2 or later license:
+ src/tools/bsmtp.c
+ Copyright (C) 1997 Ralf S. Engelschall, All Rights Reserved.
+ (note, bsmtp.c does not use OpenSSL, nor is it used with the code
+ of any other part of Bacula)
-Other Licenses:
-Certain parts of the Bacula software are licensed by their
-copyright holder(s) under the BSD license or an IBM license.
-These software files are clearly marked as such. The Bacula authors
-have no copyright or other claim over that software.
-
-BSD License notice for inclusion with the binary:
+3 clause BSD License notice for inclusion with the binary:
src/lib/fnmatch.c
* Copyright (c) 1989, 1993, 1994
* The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+ src/lib/fnmatch.h
+ * Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
+ * The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
+
+Permissive licenses:
+ src/lib/var.c/h
+ ** OSSP var - Variable Expansion
+ ** Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
+ ** Copyright (c) 2001-2002 The OSSP Project (http://www.ossp.org/)
+ ** Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Cable & Wireless Deutschland (http://www.cw.com/de/)
+
+ src/lib/bsnprintf.c
+ * Copyright Patrick Powell 1995
+
+ src/bregex.c/h
+ * Copyright (c) 1991 Tatu Ylonen, Espoo, Finland
+
+ src/lib/sha1.c/h
+ Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001). All Rights Reserved.
+
+ src/win32/compat/getopt.c
+ "... licensed under IBM copyrights to use the IBM-provided source code
+ in any way he or she deems fit ..."
+ src/win32/compat/sys/mtio.h (LGPL)
+ Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
Bacula can be enabled with data encryption and/or communications
encryption. If this is the case, you will be including OpenSSL code that
(tjh@cryptsoft.com).
There are parts of Bacula that are licensed under the LGPL so
-that they may be used in proprietary code to interface with
+that those files may be used in proprietary code to interface with
Bacula.
Finally there are parts of Bacula that are in the public domain.
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