I can't see that it does anything in violation of the OSD. I like it better than my own in fact. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to get our lawyers to allow anything without an indemnity clause, termination clause, ...
In general, I don't like to see in such documents URL's or email addresses because both tend to be too ephemeral, but that isn't a problem with the OSD. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 3:32 PM Subject: please discuss EU DataGrid > This license has been sitting around for over a month, and nobody has > said anything. Maybe it's because it's obviously open source, but as > committee members, I'd like to hear it explicitly from your mouths (or > keyboards rather) to report back to the board. > > It's actually a fairly interesting license. It's very like the > modified BSD license in that you can do anything you want including > relicense. Where it gets interesting is that if you publish changes > and DON'T require a written license for your derivative work, you are > granting a license back to the original licensor. This is a neat > variant on the original APSL's intent of "If you deploy, you must > publish and tell us." It says "If you publish without instructions to > the contrary, we get a license." I think the FSF will consider this a > free software license as well. > > Anyway, could I hear some discussion of it? > > http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3:mss:7072:200308:fcnekdmjcpiaemibokne > > -- > --My blog is at angry-economist.russnelson.com | Can I recommend python? > Crynwr sells support for free software | PGPok | Just a thought. > 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315 268 1925 voice | -Dr. Jamey Hicks > Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | +1 315 268 9201 FAX | > -- > 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
