Re: Need help defining a custom license

Nuno Teixeira <eduardo@freebsd.org> writes:

> Hello all,
>
> math/add have a license included in tarball that I'd like to define it in
> Makefile.
> Any help is welcome!
>
> COPYING:
> ---
> $Id: COPYING,v 1.11 2023/02/05 13:28:41 tom Exp $
>
> ADD
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Copyright 1995-2022,2023 by Thomas E. Dickey.  All Rights Reserved.
>
> Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
> documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
> that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
> copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
> documentation, and that the name of the above listed copyright holder(s)
> not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
> software without specific, written prior permission.
>
> THE ABOVE LISTED COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD
> TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
> FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE LISTED COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE LIABLE
> FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
> WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
> ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR
> IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

Likely MIT, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:MIT
ISC is shorter, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC_license
Notice the advertising clause in the above license!