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@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
The following is the 'standard copyright' agreed upon by most contributors,
-and is currently the canonical license, though a modification is currently
-under discussion. Copyright holders of new code should use this license
-statement where possible, and append their name to this list. Please sort
-by surname for people, and by the full name for other entities (e.g.
-Juliusz Chroboczek sorts before Intel Corporation sorts before Daniel
-Stone).
+and is currently the canonical license preferred by the X.Org Foundation.
+This is a slight variant of the common MIT license form published by the
+Open Source Initiative at http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+
+Copyright holders of new code should use this license statement where
+possible, and insert their name to this list. Please sort by surname
+for people, and by the full name for other entities (e.g. Juliusz
+Chroboczek sorts before Intel Corporation sorts before Daniel Stone).
Copyright © 2000-2001 Juliusz Chroboczek
Copyright © 1998 Egbert Eich
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ Copyright © 1999 Keith Packard
Copyright © 2007-2009 Red Hat, Inc.
Copyright © 2005-2008 Daniel Stone
Copyright © 2006-2009 Simon Thum
+Copyright © 1987, 2003-2006, 2008-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Copyright © 2006 Luc Verhaegen
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
@@ -162,32 +165,6 @@ OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-Copyright 1987 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mountain View, CA.
-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 no-
-tice appear in all copies and that both that copyright no-
-tice and this permission notice appear in supporting docu-
-mentation, and that the names of Sun or X Consortium
-not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to
-distribution of the software without specific prior
-written permission. Sun and X Consortium make no
-representations about the suitability of this software for
-any purpose. It is provided "as is" without any express or
-implied warranty.
-
-SUN DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
-INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FIT-
-NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL SUN BE LI-
-ABLE 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.
-
-
Copyright 1987-1991, 1993 by Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts.
Copyright 1991 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Copyright 1991, 1993 Olivetti Research Limited, Cambridge, England.
@@ -1383,7 +1360,6 @@ Copyright 1987, 1998 The Open Group
Copyright © 1998-1999, 2001 The XFree86 Project, Inc.
Copyright © 2000 VA Linux Systems, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2000, 2001 Nokia Home Communications
-Copyright 2003-2006, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Copyright © 2007, 2008 Red Hat, Inc.
All rights reserved.