* Relicense the templates and basewiki under the 2-clause BSD license.

  Since these can easily become part of other people's websites, they
  should be under as permissive a license as possible.

4 files changed, 55 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c66eeab0f..2bf2665c7 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+ikiwiki (1.20) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * Relicense the templates and basewiki under the 2-clause BSD license.
+    Since these can easily become part of other people's websites, they
+    should be under as permissive a license as possible.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:30:44 -0400
+
 ikiwiki (1.19) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Fix several related bugs in page type determination during online editing.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index ed1dbd08b..bbefb9967 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ikiwiki is copyright 2006 by Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>. It is licensed
-under the terms of the GPL version 2 or later.
+under the terms of the GPL version 2 or later. On Debian systems, the
+ complete text of the GPL can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL
 
 The git code and logo are copyright 2006 by Recai Oktaş <roktas@debian.org>
 under the terms of the GPL version 2 or later.
@@ -9,5 +10,25 @@ The smiley icons were copied from Moin Moin, which has these copyrights:
 	Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Martin Pool <mbp@humbug.org.au>
 Moin Moin is licensed under the terms of GPL version 2 or later.
 
-On Debian systems, the complete text of the GPL can be found in
-/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
+The basewiki and templates are licensed using a varient of the BSD license:
+
+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.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY AUTHORS 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 AUTHORS 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.
diff --git a/doc/BSD b/doc/BSD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ba5f1188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/BSD
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+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.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS 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 AUTHORS 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.
diff --git a/doc/freesoftware.mdwn b/doc/freesoftware.mdwn
index 5d231de58..38a191853 100644
--- a/doc/freesoftware.mdwn
+++ b/doc/freesoftware.mdwn
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 ikiwiki is licensed under the terms of the GNU [[GPL]].
+
+The parts of ikiwiki that become part of your own wiki (the basewiki pages
+and the [[template]]) are licensed using a form of the [[BSD]] license.