Hi all, Just a reminder to look at the RPSL. I haven't seen any comments on it, so I guess it must be perfect. :)
Rob On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 19:47, Rob Lanphier wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Here is a link to the RealNetworks Public Source License (RPSL): > > http://www.helixcommunity.org/content/rpsl > > We'd like to submit this for consideration as an OSI-certified license. > > As discussed in the August 1 thread, our intent is to create a license > that is similar in goals to the GPL, with the following key differences: > > * Closing the "ASP loophole". We want to ensure that someone who sets up > a business as an ASP is subject to the same community obligations as > someone who creates a shrinkwrap product. See > http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=00/11/01/1636202 for more details > on this. > > * Clear language with respect to the scope of patent rights RealNetworks > grants to the community. We are offering a patent license to the code we > issue. > > * Right for RealNetworks to relicense. The subgoals for this are as > follows: > * We want to ensure we can bring changes back into our main > development trunk, which is dually licensed under the RPSL and the > RealNetworks Community Source License (a community source license > modelled after the Java Community Source License) > * We want to be able to relicense this under other terms later > (perhaps GPL compatibility will become feasible) > * We offer licensing under other terms under custom agreement > > * Compability with most currently-approved OSI licenses (exceptions being > licenses that would read on our RPSL'd code) > > Let us know what you think, and what we can do to ease the process along. > > Thanks > Rob -- Rob Lanphier, Helix Community Coordinator - RealNetworks http://helixcommunity.org http://rtsp.org http://realnetworks.com -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3