On Thu, 11 May 2006 16:14:06 -0400 Joe Smith wrote:
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> "Fred Maranhão" wrote in message
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> >The page of license is:
> >http://webtest.canoo.com/webtest/manual/license.html. It seems open
> >source, in my humble opinion, but I'm not a license specialist.
See below...
> >And
> >there are a lot of new licenses (not necessarily DFSG-compliant) with
> >'free' and 'open' in their names, nowadays.
Sad but true.
> >
> >Can anyone emit a second opinion?
>
> I've included a complete copy of the licence at the end of this mail.
Thanks.
>
> This is basically the apachee 1.1 licence, with the name Apache
> replaced, as obviously that would not apply.
> Other differences include removal of nonbinding information from after
> the warrenty disclamer, and removal of the numbers on the clauses.
>
> Now the major potential problem is:
> #Products derived from this software may not be called "WebTest", nor
> #may "Canoo" appear in
> #their name, without prior written permission of the Canoo Engineering
> #AG.
>
> The restriction on "WebTest" is explicitly allowed by the DFSG. There
> appars to be some debate
> as to whether the other restrictions are acceptable under the DFSG.
The last thread on this topic starts here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/04/msg00136.html
and my opinion is (re)stated here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/04/msg00181.html
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> I suspect that it may not be a broblem in this case, as the
> anti-endorsment clause
> presumably would prevent already prevent including "Cantoo" in the
> package name.
In don't think so.
A name that includes "Cantoo" as a substring does not necessary qualify
as claiming endorsement by Cantoo...
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