On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 11:38:13AM +0000, Philip Hands wrote: > I don't know if this has already been looked at, but given their > assertion that OSI have failed to get back to them after several > months, perhaps we should have a look and tell them what we think of > their license. > > http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/download.html
I found (at least) these problems that make the license non-free. In YOUR REPRESENTATIONS: 1.e "You will regularly monitor the Website for any notices." In YOUR OBLIGATIONS: article 1 requires you to enter into a contract with anyone to which you distribute a patch. article 2 requires you to contact AT&T and give them a copy of any patch you distribute. In YOUR GRANT OF RIGHTS TO AT&T: article 1 requires you to give AT&T a free and full license to do anything with "any IPR owned or licensable by you which in any way relates to your Patches". In GENERAL: 3.a terminates your rights if a "non-frivolous claim" relating to the source code is made. It does contain another sentence which directly contradicts this, however. 4. requires you to abide by US export laws and regulations. -- Richard Braakman
