Whoah, this should have been changed a long time ago. For one thing, Richard

forgot to update the copyright date when he made modifications in 1999, but more
significantly, this COPYRIGHT notice hasn't been changed since Richard ceded
control of nmh development and it became an open-source project.

Changed the COPYRIGHT notice to a BSD License, with a couple of minor wording
tweaks.  Copyright is assigned to "the authors of nmh", which is anyone who
writes code, whether they have CVS accounts or not.

diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
index 1948505..5734c15 100644 (file)
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/COPYRIGHT
@@ -1,20 +1,28 @@
-
-Copyright (c) 1997-1998 Richard Coleman
+Copyright (c) 2000, the authors of nmh
 All rights reserved.
 
-Permission is hereby granted, without written agreement and without
-license or royalty fees, to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
-software and to distribute modified versions of this software for any
-purpose, provided that the above copyright notice and the following two
-paragraphs appear in all copies of this software.
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 
-In no event shall Richard Coleman be liable to any party for direct,
-indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of
-the use of this software and its documentation, even if Richard Coleman
-has been advised of the possibility of such damage.
+* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this
+  list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or
+  other materials provided with the distribution.
+  
+* Neither the name "the authors of nmh", nor variations such as "The nmh
+  Developers", nor the names of the individual contributors may be used to
+  endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior
+  written permission.
 
-Richard Coleman specifically disclaims any warranties, including, but
-not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness
-for a particular purpose.  The software provided hereunder is on an "as
-is" basis, and Richard Coleman has no obligation to provide maintenance,
-support, updates, enhancements, or modifications.
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY ITS AUTHORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO
+EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OF NMH BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
+BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
+IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
+OF SUCH DAMAGE.