From 6bf639952b1abeb6923d145b6b4bfec9b95a390f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Bullington-McGuire Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:43:04 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Use more conventional MIT license form (#17) * Use more conventional MIT form I had steered the author of this towards https://github.com/intel352/vagrant-shell-scripts/blob/master/LICENSE.md but it is formatted unconventionally and the license detector GitHub uses does not identify it properly. Instead, use a version derived directly from the text in https://opensource.org/license/mit * Tweak copyright year I like the instructions in https://stackoverflow.com/a/2391555/424301 and think the advice is sound --- LICENSE.md | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md index ca11b21..1ac94ba 100644 --- a/LICENSE.md +++ b/LICENSE.md @@ -1,22 +1,21 @@ -The MIT License -=============== +MIT License -> Copyright (c) Albert Albala -> -> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy -> of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal -> in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights -> to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell -> copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is -> furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: -> -> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in -> all copies or substantial portions of the Software. -> -> 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 OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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. +Copyright (c) 2019 Albert Albala + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy +of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal +in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights +to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell +copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is +furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in +all copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +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 OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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.