diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG index 8c3352f51..509e2d576 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG +++ b/CHANGELOG @@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ o [GH#1192][Windows] Periodically reset the system idle timer to keep the scans and OS detection scans, since NSE and version scan do not rely on timing data to adjust speed. +o Update the Nmap Public Source License (NPSL) to Version 0.95. This + just clarifies that the derivative works definition and all other + license clauses only apply to parties who choose to accept the + license in return for the special rights granted (such as Nmap + redistribution rights). If a party can do everything they need to + using copyright provisions outside of this license such as fair use, + we support that and aren't trying to claim any control over their + work. + o [GH#1023] Handle Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) like Яндекс.рф on platforms where getaddrinfo supports the AI_IDN flag. [Daniel Miller] diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index a7fb0aa63..abbcd04e9 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Nmap Public Source License Version 0.94 +Nmap Public Source License Version 0.95 For more information on this license, see https://nmap.org/npsl/ 0. Preamble @@ -139,14 +139,28 @@ if it does any of the following: above * Executes a helper program, module, or script to do any of the above. - This list is not exclusive, but is meant to clarify Licensor's - intentions with some common examples. Distribution of any works - which meet these criteria must be under the terms of this license - (including this Main License Body and GPL), with no additional - conditions or restrictions. They must abide by all restrictions that - the GPL places on derivative or collective works, including the - requirements for distributing their source code and allowing - royalty-free redistribution. + + +This list is not exclusive, but is meant to clarify Licensor's +intentions with some common examples. Distribution of any works which +meet these criteria (and that also choose to accept this license to +benefit from the rights granted herein) must be under the terms of +this license (including this Main License Body and GPL), with no +additional conditions or restrictions. They must abide by all +restrictions that the GPL places on derivative or collective works, +including the requirements for distributing their source code and +allowing royalty-free redistribution. Licensor does not purport to +control through this license any software which does not require the +rights granted herein (such as rights to redistribute and/or +incorporate Covered Software executables and source code). In +particular, many software packages include the ability to parse +Covered Software results provided by an end user or to execute Covered +Software that end user may have already installed on their system. To +the extent that copyright doctrines such as fair use allow their +practices without the need to exercise any rights granted by this +license, vendors and distributors of such software are not bound by +our definition of derivative works or any other clauses in this +license. 4. Contributor Agreement (Grant of Copyright and Patent Licenses)