From b56f39dec5464cecd7bc1dbb24042bb51e5c96e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Even Rouault Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 18:10:47 +0100 Subject: COPYING: update Fixes #2415 - Change mention of PROJ.4 to PROJ - Change 'I' pronoun to Frank Warmerdam --- COPYING | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'COPYING') diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index fa371748..d46f95cd 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,18 +1,19 @@ -All source, data files and other contents of the PROJ.4 package are +All source, data files and other contents of the PROJ package are available under the following terms. Note that the PROJ 4.3 and earlier was "public domain" as is common with US government work, but apparently -this is not a well defined legal term in many countries. I am placing -everything under the following MIT style license because I believe it is +this is not a well defined legal term in many countries. Frank Warmerdam placed +everything under the following MIT style license because he believed it is effectively the same as public domain, allowing anyone to use the code as -they wish, including making proprietary derivatives. +they wish, including making proprietary derivatives. -Though I have put my own name as copyright holder, I don't mean to imply -I did the work. Essentially all work was done by Gerald Evenden. +Initial PROJ 4.3 public domain code was put as Frank Warmerdam as copyright +holder, but he didn't mean to imply he did the work. Essentially all work was +done by Gerald Evenden. - -------------- +Copyright information can be found in source files. - Copyright (c) 2000, Frank Warmerdam + -------------- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), @@ -31,4 +32,3 @@ I did the work. Essentially all work was done by Gerald Evenden. LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. - -- cgit v1.2.3