From 945977f1f4ed5c6e5614a2005812adccb5eff8a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Landon Curt Noll Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2023 00:24:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated COPYING to include the "The Unlicense" text. --- CHANGES | 3 +++ COPYING | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES index 54a079c..8efa5c4 100644 --- a/CHANGES +++ b/CHANGES @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ The following are the changes from calc version 2.14.2.1 to date: macOS Darwin defaults LCC to "cc". + Updated COPYING to include the actual text of "The Unlicense". + Made minor formatting changes to the file. + The following are the changes from calc version 2.14.2.0 to 2.14.2.0: diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index 5a6d421..1b0944d 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ calc - arbitrary precision calculator - This file is Copyrighted ------------------------ @@ -76,8 +75,8 @@ Calc's relationship to the GNU Lesser General Public License Clearly all files that go into the creation of those binary link libraries are covered under the License. - The ``scripts used to control compilation and installation of the - of the library'' include: + The "scripts used to control compilation and installation of the + of the library" include: * Makefiles * source files created by the Makefiles @@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ Calc's relationship to the GNU Lesser General Public License All of those files are covered under the License. - The ``associated interface definition files'' are those files that: + The "associated interface definition files" are those files that: * show how the calc binary link libraries are used * test the validity of the binary link libraries @@ -100,9 +99,9 @@ Calc's relationship to the GNU Lesser General Public License * files under the lib sub-directory * the main calc.c file - The ``complete source code'' includes ALL files shipped with calc, - except for the exception files explicitly listed in the ``Calc - copyrights and exception files'' section below. + The "complete source code" includes ALL files shipped with calc, + except for the exception files explicitly listed in the "Calc + copyrights and exception files" section below. -=- @@ -146,9 +145,32 @@ Calc copyrights and exception files cal/dotest.cal cal/screen.cal - For more information on this license, see: + "The Unlicense" is as follows: - https://unlicense.org + This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain. + + Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or + distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled + binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any + means. + + In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors + of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the + software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit + of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and + successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of + relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this + software under copyright law. + + THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, + EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF + MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. + IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR + OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, + ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR + OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. + + For more information, please refer to In all cases one may use and distribute these exception files freely. And because one may freely distribute the LGPL covered files, the