Re: [PATCH nt] Assume BSD 3-clause license

[lolywk@tutanota.com]

Hi Aki, i'm not sure if i had contributed to a software called nt before, i tried searching for the repo but couldn't find any.

Could you please hand me the link to the repo so i could review it first?
Oct 8, 2025, 01:24 by please@ignore.pl:

> nt has been in the void for a while.  In case I own the entire codebase
> it's easy to just ask me, but if there is one or more contributors and
> license is not decided, it may create problems for whoever wants to use
> or extend the program.
>
> BSD 3-clause along GNU GPL are my go-to.  Here, I'm choosing BSD 3-clause
> only because it'd be funny to attach GNU GPL full body compared to the
> entire codebase.
>
> youkwhd, please answer whether you agree or not to publish your code
> within nt under BSD 3-clause.  Preferably, just answer with "Acked-by:
> name <e-mail>", but anything that is indisputably agreement (or not)
> will work.  If you disagree BSD, is GPL ok?
>
> This and previous paragraphs are going only into the mailing list for
> documentation purposes.
> ---
>  CONTRIBUTORS |  2 ++
>  COPYING      | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  NOTICE       | 11 +++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 CONTRIBUTORS
>  create mode 100644 COPYING
>  create mode 100644 NOTICE
>
> diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..c9319b3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
> @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> +Aki <please@ignore.pl>
> +youkwhd <lolywk@tutanota.com>
> diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..09860ca
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/COPYING
> @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
> +nt - Repeats command line arguments in standard output N times.
> +Copyright (c) 2023-2025, <CONTRIBUTORS>
> +
> +Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
> +modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
> +are met:
> +
> +* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
> +  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
> +
> +* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
> +  notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
> +  documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
> +
> +* Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
> +  contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
> +  this software without specific prior written permission.
> +
> +THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
> +"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
> +LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
> +A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
> +HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
> +SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
> +TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
> +PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
> +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
> +NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
> +SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
> diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..20ec914
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/NOTICE
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +nt - Repeats command line arguments in standard output N times.
> +Copyright (c) 2023-2025, <CONTRIBUTORS>
> +
> +This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> +under the terms of the 3-Clause BSD License. This program is distributed
> +WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
> +or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> +
> +You should have received a copy of the 3-Clause BSD
> +License along with this program. See <COPYING>. If not, see
> +<https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause>
> -- 
> 2.51.0
>