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Increase copyright year to 2009, simplify/reword some derivative works text, and remove a confusing clause about selling proprietary front-ends to Nmap

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fyodor
2009-03-31 04:16:12 +00:00
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* *
***********************IMPORTANT NMAP LICENSE TERMS************************
* *
* The Nmap Security Scanner is (C) 1996-2008 Insecure.Com LLC. Nmap is *
* The Nmap Security Scanner is (C) 1996-2009 Insecure.Com LLC. Nmap is *
* also a registered trademark of Insecure.Com LLC. This program is free *
* software; you may redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the *
* GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software *
@@ -37,19 +37,10 @@
* o Links to a library or executes a program that does any of the above *
* *
* The term "Nmap" should be taken to also include any portions or derived *
* works of Nmap. This list is not exclusive, but is just meant to *
* clarify our interpretation of derived works with some common examples. *
* These restrictions only apply when you actually redistribute Nmap. For *
* example, nothing stops you from writing and selling a proprietary *
* front-end to Nmap. Just distribute it by itself, and point people to *
* http://nmap.org to download Nmap. *
* *
* We don't consider these to be added restrictions on top of the GPL, but *
* just a clarification of how we interpret "derived works" as it applies *
* to our GPL-licensed Nmap product. This is similar to the way Linus *
* Torvalds has announced his interpretation of how "derived works" *
* applies to Linux kernel modules. Our interpretation refers only to *
* Nmap - we don't speak for any other GPL products. *
* works of Nmap. This list is not exclusive, but is meant to clarify our *
* interpretation of derived works with some common examples. Our *
* interpretation applies only to Nmap--we don't speak for other people's *
* GPL works. *
* *
* If you have any questions about the GPL licensing restrictions on using *
* Nmap in non-GPL works, we would be happy to help. As mentioned above, *