Thanks. The license was suggested to me off list by someone as well, and apart from FSF having issues with it (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html), it seems like it fulfills most of my needs. I'll present this to my users and see what they say.
Thanks again to everyone for your comments. Ryo On 7/16/2003, "Lawrence E. Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The Open Software License deals with ASP use as follows: > > 5) External Deployment. The term "External Deployment" means > the use or distribution of the Original Work or Derivative Works > in any way such that the Original Work or Derivative Works may be > used by anyone other than You, whether the Original Work or > Derivative Works are distributed to those persons or made available > as an application intended for use over a computer network. As an > express condition for the grants of license hereunder, You agree > that any External Deployment by You of a Derivative Work shall be > deemed a distribution and shall be licensed to all under the terms > of this License, as prescribed in section 1(c) herein. > >/Larry Rosen > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Cowan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 2:31 PM >> To: Mark Rafn >> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: license idea (revised) >> >> >> Mark Rafn scripsit: >> >> > This has been discussed a bit on debian-legal, under the >> heading "ASP >> > loophole". One interesting question is where to draw the >> line between >> > use and "deployment". This e-mail was routed along a box at my ISP >> > that includes open-source code. Do I have the right to that code? >> >> There is also the question of the line between deployment and >> private use. Suppose I am a consultant of some sort and I >> accept people's questions in the form of encrypted emails, >> which contain the question and a credit card number. I then >> research the answer (or pull it out of my butt), charge the >> credit card, and reply. I am essentially acting as a slow ASP. >> >> Am I obliged to publish all changes that I make to any OSS >> which I use in my business? Presumably not; the right to >> make private changes is protected by (AFAIK) all open-source >> licenses including the GPL. Deploying software in an ASP is >> not IMHO essentially different; it is use, not publication. >> >> -- >> We call nothing profound >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> that is not wittily expressed. John Cowan >> --Northrop Frye (improved) >> http://www.reutershealth.com >> -- >> license-discuss archive is at >> http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3 >> > >-- >license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3 -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
