Re: Steelblue license

[ebersphi@imexpert.com]

For information.

The steelblue license has been discussed on following list :

http://www.mail-archive.com/license-discuss%40opensource.org/index.html#02273


Proposal for OSI Certification: The SteelBlue License

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• From: Robert Buccigrossi
• Subject: Proposal for OSI Certification: The SteelBlue License
• Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 12:39:25 -0700
  

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  Dear Sir or Madam:
  
   My name is Robert Buccigrossi, Ph.D. ("Butch"), part of the Turner
  Consulting Group.  We have released the application server "SteelBlue"
  at http://www.steelblue.com/ , and as we are approaching our first
  stable release, we were hoping to prepare it for wider distribution.  We
  feel that part of this is ensuring that what we claim as "Open Source"
  is truly open source.  Therefore, I would greatly appreciate your
  posting the following license (listed after my signature) to the
  license-discuss list.  I am happy to be identified as one of the
  authors, and will happily entertain questions and comments at my e-mail
  address mailto:butch@tcg-inc.com .  The main goals of this license is:
  
  - To impose no restrictions upon the use of the software (i.e.
    educational and commercial use is permitted)
  
  - Applications developed using this application server do not have
    to be open source (i.e. can be commercial and sold)
  
  - Modifications made to the software, if released, should be
    reported to the original authors (i.e. TCG)
  
  - To permit the original authors (i.e. TCG) to be able to release
    a commercial version of the software in the future if they choose
  
  - Hold the original authors (i.e. TCG) not liable for any defects
    in the program
  
  - To be legally binding in the United States (we've had fun wrestling
    with our lawyers over wording :)
  
  Thank you so much for your time, and we look forward to your
  suggestions.
  
  Butch
  
  (Licence text follows, same as reported by Jeffry Smith)
  
  
  Cordialement,
          Philippe Ebersohl
  
  System & Database engineer
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