On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 05:58:24PM -0700, Anant Kabra wrote: > According to the Apple FAQ > > http://www.publicsource.apple.com/ps-faq.html > > the apple license is conformant to the OpenSource > definition guidelines (which is pretty much identical > to the DFSG) > > http://www.opensource.org/osd.html > > The apple license is here. > > http://www.publicsource.apple.com/apsl/ > > It's pretty wordy, but from reading it, it seems to be > "open" as in MPL. (IANAL) > I know, I've read it entirely a few months ago (I was also misled by the fact that the faq says it's conforming to the opensource definition, and popped a balloon on debian-devel before I read the license). A few sections:
1.4 "Deploy" means to use, sublicense or distribute Covered Code other than for Your internal research and development (R&D), and includes without limitation, any and all internal use or distribution of Covered Code within Your business or organization except for R&D use, as well as direct or indirect sublicensing or distribution of Covered Code by You to any third party in any form or manner. and: 2.2 You may Deploy Covered Code, provided that You must in each instance: (...) (b) make all Your Deployed Modifications publicly available in Source Code form via electronic distribution (e.g. download from a web site) under the terms of this License and subject to the license grants set forth in Section 3 below, and any additional terms You may choose to offer under Section 6. You must continue to make the Source Code of Your Deployed Modifications available for as long as you Deploy the Covered Code or twelve (12) months from the date of initial Deployment, whichever is longer; So even if you only use (and modify) it internally, other than for R&D, you would have to submit your modifications. Then there is also section 2.2(c), quoted in another mail in this thread, which states that it isn't even sufficient to provide modifications yourself, but you have to do it through the apple website. Looks rather non-free to me. Regards, Filip
