Re: libusb license confirmation

[Xiaofan C. <xia...@gm...>]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:12 PM,  <nao...@to...> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I'm Naoki Ito, working for Toshiba Corp. Japan.

Strange that this email was held in the server for so long.
Probably it was somehow considered as a spam and was
only released by the mailing list admin now.

> We are considering using your program ncurses
> (http://libusb.wiki.sourceforge.net) in our products.

ncurses? I think this is probably a copy/paste
error. And in reality libusb project's wiki page is at libusb.org.

> Before going any further, however, we would like to confirm
> the following so that we are sure to fully respect your rights.

Actually you should consult your corporate lawyer first if you
want profession legal answer.

>   You are the author and owner of the copyrights in the program.

I am not a lawyer, but here is the file which lists the copyright
owners.
http://libusb.org/browser/libusb/AUTHORS

> You have distributed the program under the attached license that permits
> us to use and redistribute the program with or without modification provided
> that any conditions stated in the license are met.

Just read the COPYING files (better to do it with the lawyer) and
see what the license is.
http://libusb.org/browser/libusb/COPYING

I am not a lawyer but I think the answer is yes.

> If you would please send me a return email confirming the above,
> that would be most appreciated.

Hope the above answer helps.

> And thank you very much for taking the time to create
> such a useful program.


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Xiaofan