On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 04:46:12PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 09:26:10AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > * 4. Products derived from this software may not be called "VOCAL", nor > > > * may "VOCAL" appear in their name, without prior written > > > * permission of Vovida Networks, Inc. > > > This license appears to be identical to the Apache License, version 1.1, > > with the names changed and clause 3 (an advertising clause) removed. It > > looks to be a DFSG-Free license. Clause 4 makes it GPL-incompatible, so > > be sure it doesn't link to any GPLed software. > > I wonder why we considered clause #4 to be free; Carelessness, I suspect. > it seems a little overreaching. Yes. > It prohibits code reuse with any projects with names like "Vocal Minority" or > "Vocalize". (This isn't an objection; just curiosity.) Yes. Does anyone know if the latest version of the Apache Software License still retains these terms? -- G. Branden Robinson | Sometimes, getting your patch in is Debian GNU/Linux | just a matter of waiting for branden@debian.org | somebody else to reimplement it. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Jonathan Corbet
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