eddyp wrote:
I am planning to package an application covered by the Spin Public License.
Could you tell me if this :
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/what/spin/SPIN_public_license.txt
is a free or non-free license?
In general, when requesting that debian-legal review a license, it is
preferable to include the text of the license in your mail, so that
others may easily quote and review in followups.
The text of the license at that address follows:
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
SPIN SOFTWARE PUBLIC LICENSE AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING.
BY CLICKING ON THE ACCEPT BUTTON BELOW, OR BY DOWNLOADING,
INSTALLING, USING, COPYING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING THE
SOFTWARE OR DERIVATIVE WORKS THEREOF, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO
BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT,
CLICK ON THE DO NOT ACCEPT BUTTON BELOW AND THE
INSTALLATION/DOWNLOAD PROCESS WILL NOT CONTINUE.
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1
Agreement means this Lucent Technologies Inc. SPIN Software Public License
Agreement.
1.2
Contributor(s) means any individual or entity that creates or contributes
to a
Modification of the Original Software.
1.3
Licensee means an individual or a legal entity entering into and exercising
rights
under this Agreement or future versions thereof.
For the purposes hereunder, Licensee includes any entity that controls, is
controlled by,
or is under common control with Licensee. For purposes of this definition,
control
means (i) the power, direct or indirect, to cause the direction or management
of such
entity, whether by contract or otherwise;
or (ii) ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the controlling shares or
beneficial
ownership of such entity. Licensee is also referred to herein as You.
1.4
Licensed Software means the Original Software, Modifications, or any
combination
of the Original Software and Modifications.
1.5
LUCENT means Lucent Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation having an
office
at 600 Mountain Ave., Murray Hill, NJ 07974, its related companies and/or
affiliates.
1.6
SPIN Software means the source code for the logic model checking system
named SPIN,
developed, copyrighted, and distributed by LUCENT.
1.7
Modification(s) means any addition, deletion, change, or improvement to the
Original
Software or prior Modifications thereto. Modifications do not include
additions to the
Original Software or prior Modifications which (i) are separate modules of
software which
may be distributed in conjunction with Licensed Software; or (ii) are not
derivative works
of the Licensed Software itself.
1.8
Object Code means machine readable software code.
1.9
Original Contributor means LUCENT.
1.10
Original Software means the SPIN Software, in both Source Code form and
Object Code
form, and any associated documentation as originally developed by Original
Contributor,
and as originally furnished under this Agreement.
1.11
Recipient means any individual or legal entity receiving the Licensed
Software under
this Agreement, including all Contributors, or receiving the Licensed
Software under
another license agreement as authorized herein.
1.12
Source Code means human readable software code.
2.0 GRANT of Rights
2.1
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Original Contributor grants to
Licensee, a royalty-free, nonexclusive,
non-transferable, worldwide license, subject to third party intellectual
property claims, to use, reproduce,
modify, execute, display, perform, distribute and sublicense, the Original
Software (with or without
Modifications) in Source Code form and/or Object Code form for commercial
and/or non-commercial purposes
subject to the terms of this Agreement. This grant includes a nonexclusive
and non-transferable license under
any patents which Original Contributor has a right to license and which, but
for this license, are unavoidably
and necessarily infringed by the execution of the inherent functionality of
the Original Software in the form
furnished under this Agreement. Nothing contained herein shall be construed
as conferring by implication,
estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any existing or future
patent claim which is directed to a
combination of the functionality of the Original Software with the
functionality of any other software programs,
or a combination of hardware systems other than the combination of the
Original Software and the hardware or
firmware into which the Original Software is loaded. Distribution of Licensed
Software to third parties pursuant
to this grant shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as set forth
in this Agreement, and may, at your
option, include a reasonable charge for the cost of any media. You may also,
at your option, charge for any
other software, product or service which includes or incorporates the
Original Software
