X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=bacula%2FLICENSE;h=e105b738836f2bde058cffea9091f9fe404f254d;hb=7d74b6b6e3eb1d62b4810496feeea2fc47ce6b9e;hp=cb3b4d39654c688a6c5dc43becbc26fa49fcae32;hpb=1ff1d36f1cc2df9d09a506ab138cf75507519969;p=bacula%2Fbacula diff --git a/bacula/LICENSE b/bacula/LICENSE index cb3b4d3965..e105b73883 100644 --- a/bacula/LICENSE +++ b/bacula/LICENSE @@ -1,20 +1,37 @@ +History: +The original Bacula code was Copyright Kern Sibbald and John Walker. +After November 2004, it became Copyright Kern Sibbald, and finally, +the copyright was transferred to the Free Software Foundation Europe +on 15 November 2006. + Trademark: The name Bacula is a registered trademark. =================================== License: -For the most part, Bacula is licensed under the GPL version 2 -and any code that is Copyright Kern Sibbald and John Walker or -Copyright Kern Sibbald (after November 2004) with the GPL -indication is so licensed, but with the following four additions: +For the most part, Bacula is licensed under the GPL version 2 +this code is listed under Copyright Free Software Foundation +Europe e.V. A small part of the code (less than 20 files) is +copyrighted under the GPL by other people (FSF, Sun, ...). + +What follows is information from the authors of the code: Linking: -Bacula may be linked with any libraries permitted under the GPL, -or with any non-GPLed libraries, including OpenSSL, that are -required for its proper functioning, providing the source code of -those non-GPLed libraries is non-proprietary and freely -available to the public. +Bacula may be linked with any libraries permitted under the GPL. +However, if configured with encryption Bacula does use the +OpenSSL libraries which are, unfortunately, not compatible with +GPL v2. To the best of our knowledge these libaries are not +distributed with Bacula code because they are shared objects, and +as such there is no conflict with the GPL according what I (Kern) +understand in talking to FSFE, and in any case, for the code that +I have written, I have no problems linking in OpenSSL (of course +this does not speak for the few files in Bacula that are +copyrighted by others). If you take a more severe stance on this +issue, and you are going to distribute Bacula, then simply do not +use the --with-openssl when building your package, and no use of +OpenSSL even through dynamic linking will be included. + IP rights: Recipient understands that although each Contributor grants the @@ -38,27 +55,41 @@ the copyright license set forth in this Agreement. Code falling under the above conditions will be marked as follows: - Copyright (C) 2000-2006 Kern Sibbald + Bacula® - The Network Backup Solution + + Copyright (C) 2000-2006 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. + This program is Free Software; you can redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of version two of the GNU General Public + License as published by the Free Software Foundation, a copy of which + is in the LICENSE file + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but + WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU + General Public License for more details. - This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or - modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License - version 2 as amended with additional clauses defined in the - file LICENSE in the main source directory. + You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA + 02110-1301, USA. - This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, - but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of - MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the - the file LICENSE for additional details. + Bacula® is a registered trademark of John Walker. + The licensor of Bacula is the Free Software Foundation Europe + (FSFE), Fiduciary Program, Sumatrastrasse 25, 8006 Zürich, + Switzerland, email:ftf@fsfeurope.org. Windows: -Certain source code used to build the Windows version of the Bacula -File daemon is copyrighted and or trademarked by Microsoft and may -contain Microsoft intellectual property (examples: Microsoft VC++, the -source to the VSS libraries, the Microsoft C runtime libraries). As -such we cannot and do not distribute that software. We are permitted -however to distribute Bacula in binary form with the necessary Microsoft -libraries linked in. +Certain source code used to build the Windows version of the +Bacula File daemon is copyrighted and or trademarked by Microsoft +and may contain Microsoft intellectual property (examples: +Microsoft VC++, the source to the VSS libraries, the Microsoft C +runtime libraries). As such we cannot and do not distribute that +software. We are permitted however to distribut Bacula with the +necessary Microsoft libraries in binary form. You may obtain the parts that we cannot distribute as follows. The Microsoft compiler available for purchase, and Microsoft provides a free @@ -93,8 +124,14 @@ freedom to publish or distribute modified versions when you wish. Other Licenses: Certain parts of the Bacula software are licensed by their -copyright holder(s) under the GPL with no modifications. These -software files are clearly marked as such. +copyright holder(s) under the GPL. These software files are +clearly marked as such. + +Bacula can be enabled with data encryption and/or communications +encryption. If this is the case, you will be including OpenSSL code that +that contains cryptographic software written by Eric Young +(eay@cryptsoft.com) and also software written by Tim Hudson +(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