Re: Need help defining a custom license

From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:48:25 UTC 
On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 3:38 PM Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org> wrote:

> 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!
>
>

Or , first BSD license :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses
BSD licenses

Please see the "Previous license" part .

Mehmet Erol Sanliturk