# Looking for public core databases

Jay Carlson (nop@ccs.neu.edu)
Thu, 21 Sep 1995 07:48:01 PDT

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    > One comment on JHCore: Does anyone else find the copyright a bit far
    > reaching?  I ask because I am not exactly sure what it means.

    Here's what `help core-copyright' says:

    | Portions of this database are derived from the LambdaCore
    | distribution, available for anonymous ftp at parcftp.xerox.com.  The
    | following copyright notice applies to new and derived works within
    | this database.

    This says that the following copyright notice only applies to
    JHcore-specific things in LambdaCore; since NOBODY KNOWS what the
    copyright status of LambdaCore is, this is the best we can do.

    | Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 by Ken Fox.

    People who did work on JHcore transfered copyright to Ken because we
    were too lazy to form JHM Incorporated.

    |                        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.
    |
    | KEN FOX DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING
    | ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL
    | KEN FOX 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.

    This is lifted almost directly from the DEC/MIT copyright on X11.
    Basically, you can do anything with this code as long as you keep this
    copyright notice around.

    Jay Carlson
    nop@io.com    nop@ccs.neu.edu    nop@kagoona.mitre.org

    Flat text is just *never* what you want.   ---stephen p spackman