Problems about License Compatibility

[Jianqiu Zhang]

Hi,

I am writing packet.dll which is a dependency of windows native
wpcap.dll , Source can be get from winpcap.org , When I try to
impelment it in wine, I found that I need to use the Packet32.h from
packet.dll , Which has a different license than wine(LGPL), And I am
not familar with solving license compability, Is there anyone that
know how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance

I Attach the License for Packet32.h below

-- snip --

/*
 * Copyright (c) 1999 - 2005 NetGroup, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
 * Copyright (c) 2005 - 2007 CACE Technologies, Davis (California)
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 *
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. 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.
 * 3. Neither the name of the Politecnico di Torino, CACE Technologies
 * 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
 * OWNER 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.
 *
 */

[Kyle Auble]

Definitely *don't* take my opinion as expert legal advice, but this 
looks like the standard 3-clause BSD license:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses#3-clause_license_.28.22Revised_BS...

I'm guessing you (and Wine) could use the code without problems, but I'd 
wait for some second opinions before submitting patches. I'm 
particularly unsure if LICENSE would only need the snip you included or 
this whole megillah:
http://www.winpcap.org/misc/copyright.htm

Kyle

On 03/06/2016 08:40 PM, Jianqiu Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am writing packet.dll which is a dependency of windows native
> wpcap.dll , Source can be get from winpcap.org , When I try to
> impelment it in wine, I found that I need to use the Packet32.h from
> packet.dll , Which has a different license than wine(LGPL), And I am
> not familar with solving license compability, Is there anyone that
> know how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance
>
> I Attach the License for Packet32.h below
>
> -- snip --
>
> /*
> - Copyright (c) 1999 - 2005 NetGroup, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
> - Copyright (c) 2005 - 2007 CACE Technologies, Davis (California)
> - All rights reserved.
> -
> - 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 Politecnico di Torino, CACE Technologies
> - 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
> - OWNER 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.
> -
>
> */

[Alexandre Julliard]

Jianqiu Zhang  writes:
> Hi,
>
> I am writing packet.dll which is a dependency of windows native
> wpcap.dll , Source can be get from winpcap.org , When I try to
> impelment it in wine, I found that I need to use the Packet32.h from
> packet.dll , Which has a different license than wine(LGPL), And I am
> not familar with solving license compability, Is there anyone that
> know how to solve this problem? Thanks in advance

While the license is probably OK, I don't see why we need to ship this
with Wine since it's not shipped with Windows. Why do we need this dll
in the first place?