Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:58:00 -0800
From: Robey Pointer <robey@lag.net>
Subject: Re: PyCrypto license clarification
To: "Dwayne C. Litzenberger" <dlitz@dlitz.net>
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On 23 Nov 2008, at 07:42, Dwayne C. Litzenberger wrote:

> For the next PyCrypto release, I would like to take steps to move  
> toward a clearer licensing regime.  I am asking as many copyright  
> holders as I can find if I can release PyCrypto under something  
> clearer and more standard.  Below, I have quoted a public domain  
> dedication that was recommended in _Intellectual Property and Open  
> Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code_, by Van Lindberg.  I  
> have already contacted A. M. Kuchling, and he has approved the  
> following dedication for his contributions.
>
> May I, on your behalf, dedicate to the public domain all your  
> contributions to PyCrypto, with the following notice?
>
>     
> = 
> ======================================================================
>    The contents of this file are dedicated to the public domain.  To  
> the
>    extent that dedication to the public domain is not available,  
> everyone
>    is granted a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive  
> license
>    to exercise all rights associated with the contents of this file  
> for
>    any purpose whatsoever.  No rights are reserved.
>     
> = 
> ======================================================================
>

In case I haven't replied to this yet: Yes, this is fine with me.

robey

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