Copyright and License Question

[Steve Davis <steve.davis () ulticom com>]

Hi All,

I've just done a survey of the source code for the PCAP Library in 
preparation for the possible use of this library in a commercial 
software product. These days, with SCO vs. IBM in the news, the issue of 
copyright and license issues are hot and I therefore found myself 
reading the copyright notices in all of the source files for the PCAP 
library.

During the survey, I noted that the following source files do not have a 
clearly stated copyright and licensing position.

acconfig.h and pcap_enet.c

Could I ask that the tcpdump project place the appropriate copyright and 
license notices in these files ?

Also, the files config.sub and config.guess are made available under the 
GNU General Public License, with a special exception: "if you distribute 
this file as part of a program that contains a configuration script 
generated by Autoconf, you may include it ..."

Can you tell me if the GPL generic license terms apply of if there is 
indeed a configuration script generated by Autoconf ?

Finally, there is a file called LICENSE which at first blush appears to 
be the license statement for the PCAP Library as a whole. Is this the 
intent ? This appears to be a slightly simplified BSD form license. 
However it refers in paragraphs 1 and 2 to "the above copyright notice" 
- which is not present in the file.


Thank you for your help.

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Best Regards, 


Steve Davis
Principal Engineer
Chief Architect's Office (CAO)

Ulticom
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