From 9df50513c6d401656d26c87937c63b6e9e77a0df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dwayne C. Litzenberger" Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:23:19 -0400 Subject: Move LEGAL/copy/README to COPYRIGHT and update it. --- LEGAL/copy/00INDEX | 1 - LEGAL/copy/README | 29 ----------------------------- 2 files changed, 30 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 LEGAL/copy/README (limited to 'LEGAL') diff --git a/LEGAL/copy/00INDEX b/LEGAL/copy/00INDEX index ee7c0a8..fbdca18 100644 --- a/LEGAL/copy/00INDEX +++ b/LEGAL/copy/00INDEX @@ -1,5 +1,4 @@ 00INDEX This file -README Information about the files in this directory. LICENSE.orig Original (deprecated) license for the Python Cryptography Toolkit LICENSE.libtom LICENSE file from LibTomCrypt stmts/ Statements by contributors diff --git a/LEGAL/copy/README b/LEGAL/copy/README deleted file mode 100644 index f794720..0000000 --- a/LEGAL/copy/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ -Historically, the copyright licensing status of the Python Cryptography -Toolkit ("PyCrypto") has been somewhat ambiguous. The original intention of -Andrew M. Kuchling and other contributors has been to dedicate PyCrypto to the -public domain, but the original license may not have allowed distributing -modified versions, depending on one's interpretation of the word "use" (see -LICENSE.orig). - -Additionally, some files within PyCrypto have specified their own licenses, -which differed from the PyCrypto license itself. For example, the original -RIPEMD.c module simply had a copyright statement and warranty disclaimer, -without clearly licensing anything. - -Recently, there has been an effort to clarify the situation. A multi-faceted -approach has been taken with regard to ambiguously or incompatibly licensed -code, including: - -- Asking contributors to clarify their original intentions or to clearly and - explicitly dedicate their contributions to the public domain; - -- Writing new code from scratch as a replacement; - -- Using clearly-licensed code from other sources; and - -- Removing the code without replacing it. - -Where contributors have responded to a request to clarify their intentions, -their statements have been recorded in this directory. - -The "stmts" directory contains contributors' statements. -- cgit v1.2.1