Florian, > > > This software is provided subject to the following terms > > and conditions, which you should read carefully before > > using the software. Using this software indicates your > > acceptance of these terms and conditions. If you do not > > agree with these terms and conditions, do not use the > > software. > > Not valid over here. You can run software without a license, so > mandatory acceptance of the license does not work.
Good point! > > > Redistribution and use in source or binary forms, with or > > without modifications, are permitted provided that the > > following conditions are met: > > > > o Redistributions of source code must retain the above > > copyright notice, this list of conditions and the > > following Disclaimer in comments in the code as well as > > in the documentation and/or other materials provided with > > the distribution. > > This requirement does not cover the clause mentioned above. > > We can't you use a straight BSD-type license? > I wanted to use BSD but was over-ruled by our corporate intellectual property department. At this point I am basically trying to determine whether this license could be certified by OSI. After a couple of months of negotiating this internally, I have a feeling that this may be the best I can do. Thanks for your comments. Dale -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
