On 24 Mar 2003, Tim Churches wrote:
...
> > The GPL can change over time. So, currently, we are talking about the
> > removal of Terms and Conditions #7 (from version 2 of GPL).
>
> The GPL is copyright FSF and is not itself subject to an open source
> license. Thus, you can't just delete parts of it which you don't like,
> even if you change the name.

Tim,

  I think this falls under fair-use. :-)

> In fact, the GPL specifically disallows this: " Everyone is permitted
> to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but
> changing it is not allowed."

  We are not copying it or changing it. We are merely referencing it.

...

> Thus you need to write a new license,

  Reverse engineering the GPL is un-productive and irreverent. I hope to
avoid this.

> or use something else which does permit modification. The Mozilla
> Public License allows derivative works of itself
...

  Maybe - but I still prefer to reference the GPL - even if just for
historical reasons.

> Let us know when a lawyer has reviewed your patent license and the
> accompanying open source software license.

There will be no accompanying open source software license. It is up to
the licensees to apply compliant software license(s) for their
implementations.

Let's get more feedback. If we need to modify it further, then we will.

Best regards,

Andrew
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Andrew P. Ho, M.D.
OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes
www.TxOutcome.Org

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