AMQP license
I would like to ask if the following license meets the DFSG. Clause ii
of the license says that the license is terminated if you sue any
author.
The license appears at the top of the amqp specification downloaded
from:
https://jira.amqp.org/confluence/download/attachments/720900/amqp0-8.xml?version=1
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John Leuner
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Links to full AMQP specification:
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http://www.envoytech.org/spec/amq/
http://www.iona.com/opensource/amqp/
http://www.redhat.com/solutions/specifications/amqp/
http://www.twiststandards.org/tiki-index.php?page=AMQ
http://www.imatix.com/amqp
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