Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 11:53:23 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: bzip2 support for DJTAR
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On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Juan Manuel Guerrero wrote:

> This is a patch to incorporate bzip support to djtar.

Thanks!

> Bzip is distributed under a BSD-style licence. Someone with better
> english skills than me should read it to decide if the licence
> implications are OK for djgpp or not.

DJ, is the following copyright blurb kosher for inclusion in DJGPP?
It looks harmless to me, but IANAL.

> + /*--
> +   This file is a part of bzip2 and/or libbzip2, a program and
> +   library for lossless, block-sorting data compression.
> + 
> +   Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Julian R Seward.  All rights reserved.
> + 
> +   Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> +   modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> +   are met:
> + 
> +   1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
> +      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> + 
> +   2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must 
> +      not claim that you wrote the original software.  If you use this 
> +      software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product 
> +      documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
> + 
> +   3. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must
> +      not be misrepresented as being the original software.
> + 
> +   4. The name of the author 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.
> + 
> +   Julian Seward, Cambridge, UK.
> +   jseward AT acm DOT org
> +   bzip2/libbzip2 version 1.0 of 21 March 2000
> + 
> +   This program is based on (at least) the work of:
> +      Mike Burrows
> +      David Wheeler
> +      Peter Fenwick
> +      Alistair Moffat
> +      Radford Neal
> +      Ian H. Witten
> +      Robert Sedgewick
> +      Jon L. Bentley
> + 
> +   For more information on these sources, see the manual.
> + 
> +   Minor changes for DJTAR program, Juan Manuel Guerrero   December 2000
> + --*/