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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] [trivial] Documentation: broken URL in libata
On 02/13/2012 01:09 AM, Michael Opdenacker wrote:
> Fix broken link to license text:
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.1.txt
> The text for version 1.1 of the Open Sofware license doesn't seem
> to be available anywhere on http://www.opensource.org/ any more.
> Replace it with a snapshot from the Internet Wayback Machine.

That's one option.
Too bad opensource.org doesn't provide archives.

OSL v1.1 is also available here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:OSL1.1

and here:
http://www.samurajdata.se/opensource/mirror/licenses/osl.php

Jeff, I don't suppose there is any chance of changing this file's license?
(since the Debian people found it to be a problem .. long ago)


> I first thought about hosting a copy of this file on my
> own website, but my website has less authority than
> an explicit backup of the original location.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@free-electrons.com>
> ---
> Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl | 4 ++--
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
> index cdd1bb9..bda33c1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
> +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/libata.tmpl
> @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
> <para>
> The contents of this file are subject to the Open
> Software License version 1.1 that can be found at
> - <ulink url="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.1.txt">http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.1.txt</ulink> and is included herein
> - by reference.
> + <ulink url="http://web.archive.org/web/20060924133258/http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.1.txt">http://web.archive.org/web/20060924133258/http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl-1.1.txt</ulink>
> + and is included herein by reference.
> </para>
>
> <para>


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