Thank you both Bernhard and Hannes. Seeing how it can be used even in proprietary products it should be no problem, I just wasnt sure because of this clause. I didnt know if Dojo can be viewed on its own.
As Im even less of a lawyer, that helped. > On 12.04.2011 10:56, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > at the moment I mail web application developers to license their code > > freely. Now I have a (probably easy) question regarding license > > compatibility: > > > > A developer wants to release his application as MIT/X11. It uses the > Dojo > > toolkit which is licensed as modified BSD (or Academic Free License > 2.1). > > > > Is this possible? The third clause of the modified BSD seems to > prevent that: > > »Neither the name of the<organization> nor the names of its > contributors > > may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software > > without specific prior written permission.« > > > > Thanks in advance. :) > > > > > > Hi there, > > MIT License ~= X11 License ~= 2-Clause-BSDL ~= ISC License > > It is debatable whether 2-Clause BSDL is the same as 3-Clause BSDL, > since international conventions on copyright and many national laws > don't allow the specified promotion anyways. > > Still, I don't see your problem. Dojo's License only applies to Dojo, as > it is not copyleft. So anything your developer does can be licensed > under an arbitrary license, so long, as Dojo's copyright header is > preserved for the Dojo-Code involved. > In other words, just tell your developer to not call his app "Dojo > Powerpack X" and he'll be fine. > > Of course, this is just personal advice and not legal counsel. If you > want to be sure, consult a lawyer. > > Regards, > Hannes > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
