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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Dear OSI License
Discussion Forum,</p>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">I would like the
curl license to be added. Th<code class="western"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">e license has
been around for quite some time, so it can be classified
as a legacy license. The license is available at SPDX.
Please find the required information attached.</span></font></font></code></p>
<br>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">**\u2022 <font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">Submit a copy of the license as an
attachment in simple text format.**</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">Copyright (c) 1996 - 2015, Daniel
Stenberg, <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:daniel@haxx.se"><daniel@haxx.se></a>. <br>
All rights reserved. </font></font> </p>
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style="font-size: 12pt">Permission to use, copy, modify, and
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OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
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<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">Except as contained in this notice,
the name of a copyright holder shall not be used in
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dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
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<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
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<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">**\u2022 <font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">Affirmatively </span></font></font><strong><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">state that the
license complies</span></font></font></strong><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB"> with the Open
Source Definition, including specifically affirming it meets
OSD 3, 5, 6 and 9.</span></font></font>**</p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">I can confirm that the license
complies with the Open Source Definition.</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">3. Derived Works: Yes</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">5. No Discrimination Against Persons
or Groups: Yes</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">6. No Discrimination Against Fields of
Endeavor: Yes</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">9. License Must Not Restrict Other
Software: Yes</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">**\u2022 <font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">Identify what
projects are </span></font></font><strong><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">already using</span></font></font></strong><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB"> the license.</span></font></font>**</p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">The curl project itself.</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">**\u2022 <font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">Provide the
identity and contact details of the </span></font></font><strong><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">license steward</span></font></font></strong><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">, if known, and of
the submitter. The OSI will try to get in touch with the
license steward if the license submitter is not the steward.</span></font></font>**</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">Daniel Stenberg,
<<a href="mailto:daniel@haxx.se"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">daniel@haxx.se</a>></span></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">**\u2022 <font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">Provide any additional information
that the submitter believes would be helpful for license
review. For example, approval of the license by Debian, the
FSF or the Fedora Project would be relevant to the review
process.</font></font>**</p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">The website contains this text with
detailed information about the license, <a
href="https://curl.se/docs/faq.html#license"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://curl.se/docs/faq.html#license</a></font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">What license does curl use exactly?</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">curl is released under an MIT
derivative license. It is similar but not identical to the MIT
license.</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">The difference is considered big
enough to make SPDX list it under its own identifier: curl.</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">The changes done to the license that
make it uniquely curl were tiny and well-intended, but the
reasons for them have been forgotten and we strongly
discourage others from doing the same thing.</font></font></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">**\u2022 <font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">Provide a </span></font></font><strong><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">unique name</span></font></font></strong><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB"> for the license,
preferably including the version number.</span></font></font>**</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">Full name: </span></font></font><code
class="western"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">curl License </span></font></font></code><code
class="western"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">(according to
SPDX)</span></font></font></code></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">Short identifier: </span></font></font><code
class="western"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">curl </span></font></font></code><code
class="western"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">(according to
SPDX)</span></font></font></code></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
</p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">**\u2022 <font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt">If any exist, provide the unique
identifier by other projects, like SPDX or ScanCode.</font></font>**</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><a
href="https://spdx.org/licenses/curl.html"><font
face="Calibri, sans-serif"><font size="3"
style="font-size: 12pt"><span lang="en-GB">https://spdx.org/licenses/curl.html</span></font></font></a></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><br>
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<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Best
regards</p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Christoph</p>
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