COPYING: update and refactor Copyright notices

Signed-off-by: Gaetan Nadon <memsize@videotron.ca>

1 files changed, 47 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 901b59f..ae6cbd9 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,23 +1,51 @@
-Copyright (c) 2006 VMware, Inc.
+Copyright 1990,91 by Thomas Roell, Dinkelscherben, Germany.
+Copyright 1993 by David Dawes <dawes@xfree86.org>
+Copyright 2002 by SuSE Linux AG, Author: Egbert Eich
+Copyright 1994-2002 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
+Copyright 2002 by Paul Elliott
+Copyright 2002-2006 by VMware, Inc.
 
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this 
-software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software 
-without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, 
-publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit 
-persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
+documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
+the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
+copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
+documentation, and that the names of copyright holders not be
+used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the
+software without specific, written prior permission.  The copyright holders
+make no representations about the suitability of this
+software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or
+implied warranty.
 
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or 
-substantial portions of the Software.
+THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS
+SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER
+RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
+CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, 
-INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
-PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE 
-FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR 
-OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER 
-DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+Copyright (c) 1999-2003 by The XFree86 Project, Inc.
+Copyright 2002-2006 by VMware, Inc.
 
-Except as contained in this notice, the name of the copyright holder(s) and author(s)
-shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings
-in this Software without prior written authorization from the copyright holder(s) and
-author(s).
-   
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
+THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) OR AUTHOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
+OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
+ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+Except as contained in this notice, the name of the copyright holder(s)
+and author(s) shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote
+the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written
+authorization from the copyright holder(s) and author(s).