Re: [License-discuss] Does Non-Profit Open Software License fulfill the open source definition?

2016-06-28 Thread Vaclav Petras
Thank you, this clarifies a lot. On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 12:19 AM, John Cowan wrote: > > > the Non-Profit Open Software License [1] has non-profit amendment which > > discriminates against for-profit, i.e. commercial use. > > Actually it simply forbids redistribution by com

Re: [License-discuss] Does Non-Profit Open Software License fulfill the open source definition?

2016-06-27 Thread John Cowan
Vaclav Petras scripsit: > the Non-Profit Open Software License [1] has non-profit amendment which > discriminates against for-profit, i.e. commercial use. Actually it simply forbids redistribution by commercial entities, not use. > It seems to me that this clear violates the Op

[License-discuss] Does Non-Profit Open Software License fulfill the open source definition?

2016-06-27 Thread Vaclav Petras
Hello all, the Non-Profit Open Software License [1] has non-profit amendment which discriminates against for-profit, i.e. commercial use. It seems to me that this clear violates the Open Source Definition [2] because it discriminates against a specific field of endeavor. Can somebody please

Open Software License (OSL) version 2.0

2003-06-28 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
To License-Discuss (and to other potentially interested persons in bcc): I have revised the Open Software License to resolve concerns raised by several people, and today submit the new version to license-discuss for OSI approval. The new OSL license, version 2.0, can be found at http

Re: discuss: rtx-2000 open software license

2002-12-06 Thread John Cowan
wri scripsit: > > [ please discuss this license. Is he a candidate for using the > Academic License? -russ ] I don't have the slightest idea what point 2 means: # All distribution of this Software and evolved derivations of # this Software shall embrace the RTX-2000 RTOS Open License to meet

discuss: rtx-2000 open software license

2002-12-06 Thread wri
[ please discuss this license. Is he a candidate for using the Academic License? -russ ] Gentlemen - I wish to submit http://uphilltechnology.com/rtxlicense/rtx_open_license.html for Open Source Initiative approval. This license is fashioned from the Berkeley and MIT licenses with minor alter

Re: Open Software License

2002-08-04 Thread Mahesh T Pai
Lawrence E. Rosen wrote: >I welcome your feedback. > > "Licensor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, non-sublicenseable license to do the following:" Does not re-distribution amount to sublicense? Regards, Mahesh T. Pai. ___

Open Software License

2002-08-01 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
At Bruce Dodson's suggestion, I have revised section 3 of the Open Software License ("Grant of Source Code License") so that the term Source Code is general enough to apply to other works besides traditional software. I also removed the confusing term "interface documentatio

Re: Open Software License version 1.0

2002-07-28 Thread Andy Tai
What is "Open software"? Maybe a more specific name should be used... So "open software license" can be applied to other than software. Then why is it called a software license? GPL can be applied to other things too, see the WebGPL. Should the OSI stay out of the lic

Open Software License version 1.0

2002-07-28 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
Attached for your review is version 1.0 of the Open Software License (OSL). I am submitting the OSL to Open Source Initiative for its approval. The OSL is intended to serve the same functions as the GPL except that it is a contract, and to be interpreted under contract law, rather than a