source code license

[nathan_wrench]

Hi what is the license for netrek?

[Darrell Root]

Most clients and servers have a copyright.h and copyright2.h file.  This is similar to the MIT license (I am not a lawyer) in that it allows use for any purpose and without fee provided that the copyright notice is maintained.  In some distributions these .h files are in the include subdirectory.  I believe Netrek development predated the standard MIT license, which is the reason for the one-off.

See https://github.com/netrek/netrek-client-cow/blob/master/copyright.h and https://github.com/netrek/netrek-client-cow/blob/master/copyright2.h for examples.

Here’s the copyright.h included with the original Netrek-server repository: https://github.com/netrek/netrek-server/blob/master/include/copyright.h

/*
	Copyright (c) 1986 Chris Guthrie
	Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
	software and its documentation for any purpose and without
	fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
	notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
	notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
	documentation. No representations are made about the
	suitability of this software for any purpose. It is
	provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
	Copyright 1989 Kevin P. Smith
	Scott Silvey
	ditto.
	Copyright (c) 1993 Tedd Hadley
	Heiko Wengler
	(Short packets code, formerly marked with a #define SHORT_PACKETS)
	ditto.
	*/

My Swift client and server, being complete rewrites, used the standard MIT license.

Darrell

On Jan 2, 2022, at 10:01 AM, nathan_wrench <jos...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi what is the license for netrek?

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