Hi,
I am about to release a Content Management System written in Cold Fusion to the Open 
Source Community for free, the reason for that is partly because it is not possible to 
protect CF scripts, due to poor encryption, and I have also found lots of other 
compelling reasons to do so during my research in to free software. 

I have read many of the license in the OSI web and find it difficult to find a license 
that match my requirements. I am looking for a license where contributors have to make 
source code of modifications and scripts available to others and where I have the 
right to modify the terms in the License not Sun or Jabber etc and where International 
or the Licensors country's law is applicable or as in the Zope License nothing is 
written about it. I have found the one with a preamble useful when it come to 
understanding them. 

My problem is to find a license that are suitable for a mix of interpreted code 
(scripts) and source code. It�s also difficult for me to accept any jurisdiction than 
International or Swedish law.

For example the Sun Public License suits me well except for jurisdiction, source code 
and the rights to modify the terms in the License:

11. MISCELLANEOUS
---snip---
any litigation relating to this License shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the 
Federal Courts of the Northern District of California, with venue lying in Santa Clara 
County, California, with the losing party responsible for costs, including without 
limitation, court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses. 
---snip---
6.2. Effect of New Versions.

No one other than Sun has the right to modify the terms applicable to Covered Code 
created under this License.

----snip-----

I think that Sun Public License or Jabber Open Source License have come closest to 
match my requirements right now, but not close enough. If you know of a license that 
will match my requirements please point me in the right directions and the right 
procedures for using it.

/G�ran Svensson

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