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Re: This license (JPython) acceptable ?



Hi,
>>"Gregor" == Gregor Hoffleit <flight@mathi.uni-heidelberg.DE> writes:
              

 Gregor>    3. In the event Licensee, at its sole cost and expense, uses the
 Gregor>    Software to prepare a derivative work that is based on or
 Gregor>    incorporates the Software or any part thereof, and wants
 Gregor>    to make the derivative work available to the public for
 Gregor>    commercial or noncommercial purposes, or uses the software
 Gregor>    in this derivative form to provide a service to the
 Gregor>    public, then Licensee hereby agrees: (i) to indicate in
 Gregor>    any such work, in a prominently visible way, the specific
 Gregor>    modifications made to CNRI's Software; (ii) not to
 Gregor>    introduce deliberately any modifications where there is
 Gregor>    reason to believe they will be harmful to other users and
 Gregor>    their systems; and (iii) to notify CNRI of any release to
 Gregor>    the public of Licensee's derivative version, or any
 Gregor>    service offered to the public by Licensee based thereon.
   
	Is this like the postcardware clause that makes stuff
 non-free? or is this different, since use or distribution does not
 require notification, and only modification does? 

   
 Gregor>    8. The Software contains OROMatcher regular expression software from
 Gregor>    ORO, Inc. Copyright 1997 by ORO, Inc. ("ORO
 Gregor>    software"). OROMatcher (TM) is a trademark of Original
 Gregor>    Reusable Objects, Inc. Except as permitted by applicable
 Gregor>    law and this Agreement, Licensee may not decompile,
 Gregor>    reverse engineer, disassemble, or modify the ORO software
 Gregor>    provided herein. Licensee acknowledges that redistribution
 Gregor>    of the ORO software separate from JPython or direct use of
 Gregor>    the ORO software interfaces requires a separate license
 Gregor>    from ORO, Inc.  http://www.oroinc.com/
   
	This makes it non-fee, I think. No modification of part of the
 package. 

	manoj

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