> So far, the closest thing to your "PostcardWare"
> License that I have found is this:
>
> The Educational Community License
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1.php

Indeed it looks very close to my usual license.
Any known drawback with this license ?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [twsocket] ICS on SourceForge, which license is best ?


> So far, the closest thing to your "PostcardWare"
> License that I have found is this:
>
> The Educational Community License
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl1.php
>
> It grants all the same rights that your license does,
> and has a provision to prevent confusion between
> derivative works and the original (i.e. modified
> versions cannot be claimed to be the original).
>
> The only thing missing is the postcard condition :)
>
>    -dZ.
>
>
>
>>------- Original Message -------
>>From    : Francois
> PIETTE[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent    : 10/8/2007 2:59:47 PM
>>To      : [email protected]
>>Cc      :
>>Subject : RE: [twsocket] ICS on SourceForge, which
> license is best ?
>>
> >I would like to have your opinion about which
> license I should select at
> SourceForge (
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/category ). I have
> not much
> time to read all possible licenses.
>
> You all know the current license displayed in each
> source file (see below
> for reminder). I would like to stay as close as
> possible to this simple
> license.
>
> Basically, I want to preserve my intellectual
> property while granting anyone
> to use and redistribute ICS source code, including in
> commercial
> applications and royalty free.
>
>
> Legal issues: Copyright (C) 1996-2007 by François PIETTE
>              Rue de Grady 24, 4053 Embourg, Belgium.
> Fax: +32-4-365.74.56
>              <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>              This software is provided 'as-is',
> without any express or
>              implied warranty.  In no event will the
> author be held liable
>              for any  damages arising from the use
> of this software.
>
>              Permission is granted to anyone to use
> this software for any
>              purpose, including commercial
> applications, and to alter it
>              and redistribute it freely, subject to
> the following
>              restrictions:
>
>              1. The origin of this software must not
> be misrepresented,
>                 you must not claim that you wrote
> the original software.
>                 If you use this software in a
> product, an acknowledgment
>                 in the product documentation would
> be appreciated but is
>                 not required.
>
>              2. Altered source versions must be
> plainly marked as such, and
>                 must not be misrepresented as being
> the original software.
>
>              3. This notice may not be removed or
> altered from any source
>                 distribution.
>
>              4. You must register this software by
> sending a picture
> postcard
>                 to the author. Use a nice stamp and
> mention your name,
> street
>                 address, EMail address and any
> comment you like to say.
>
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