On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 02:21:44PM -0300, Carlos Laviola wrote: > 3) Grant of Source Code License. The term "Source Code" means the > preferred form of the Original Work for making modifications to it and > all available documentation describing how to modify the Original > Work. Licensor hereby agrees to provide a machine-readable copy of the > Source Code of the Original Work along with each copy of the Original > Work that Licensor distributes. Licensor reserves the right to satisfy > this obligation by placing a machine-readable copy of the Source Code > in an information repository reasonably calculated to permit > inexpensive and convenient access by You for as long as Licensor > continues to distribute the Original Work, and by publishing the > address of that information repository in a notice immediately > following the copyright notice that applies to the Original Work. Clause restricting the licensor. That's *fucked up*. Goodness knows what that means. > 6) Attribution Rights. You must retain, in the Source Code of any > Derivative Works that You create, all copyright, patent or trademark > notices from the Source Code of the Original Work, as well as any > notices of licensing and any descriptive text identified therein as an > "Attribution Notice." You must cause the Source Code for any > Derivative Works that You create to carry a prominent Attribution > Notice reasonably calculated to inform recipients that You have > modified the Original Work. That's non-free if there are any significant 'Attribution Notice's. This is a thinly disguised variation on 'Invariant Sections'. > 9) Acceptance and Termination. If You distribute copies of the > Original Work or a Derivative Work, You must make a reasonable effort > under the circumstances to obtain the express assent of recipients to > the terms of this License. That's non-free. > 10) Termination for Patent Action. This License shall terminate > automatically and You may no longer exercise any of the rights granted > to You by this License as of the date You commence an action, > including a cross-claim or counterclaim, against Licensor or any > licensee alleging that the Original Work infringes a patent. This > termination provision shall not apply for an action alleging patent > infringement by combinations of the Original Work with other software > or hardware. So's that. > 11) Jurisdiction, Venue and Governing Law. Any action or suit relating > to this License may be brought only in the courts of a jurisdiction > wherein the Licensor resides or in which Licensor conducts its primary > business, and under the laws of that jurisdiction excluding its > conflict-of-law provisions. The application of the United Nations > Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is > expressly excluded. Any use of the Original Work outside the scope of > this License or after its termination shall be subject to the > requirements and penalties of the U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 > et seq., the equivalent laws of other countries, and international > treaty. This section shall survive the termination of this License. And that. > 12) Attorneys Fees. In any action to enforce the terms of this License > or seeking damages relating thereto, the prevailing party shall be > entitled to recover its costs and expenses, including, without > limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in > connection with such action, including any appeal of such action. This > section shall survive the termination of this License. And probably that one too. Greedy lawyer bitch-clause. > This license is Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Lawrence E. Rosen. All rights > reserved. Figures. Another in Rosen's long line of appallingly written, non-free licenses. Why do people even consider using these things? As a rule of thumb, any license involving the words "Open", "Free", or "Rosen" is non-free. Funny, that. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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