[illumos-Developer] A question about license for terminfo.src (Was: Re: webrev for 294, 1149)

[Yuri Pankov]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 10:22:42AM -0400, Gordon Ross wrote:
> > I tried to figure out if removing the thirdpartylicense bits was correct,
> > but ended up more confused rather than less.  I think it needs to be listed
> > as MIT, but the copyright bit I don't understand.
> 
> That file is somewhat confusing due to lack of a copyright.
> And that needs to be fixed before integration.
> 
> Under US copyright law, there is a "copy right" held by some party,
> even if not claimed in the work.  The exception (I think) is when a
> work is "put into the public domain" which appears to have been
> the intention here.  If we can confirm that, maybe a clarification of
> that (stated in the file)  would be sufficient to allow integration.

Hi Thomas,

Could you please clarify the license stuff for the terminfo.src (I guess
termcap.src should be the same) - under which license (if any) it can be
used for integration into the Illumos?


Thanks,
Yuri