Hi,
I had a small chat with two of the Grail/CNRI developers and
decided that the License is DFSG free. I'm attaching it requesting
for comments. I'll upload the package later. If somebody wants to
maintain this package, please drop me a line.
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GRAIL BROWSER (Version 0.4)
CNRI LICENSE AGREEMENT
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1. The Corporation for National Research Initiatives ("CNRI"), a
District of Columbia corporation having a place of business at 1895
Preston White Drive, Reston, VA 20191, desiring to encourage the wide
dissemination of the following computer software ("Software"),
provides Licensee identified below ("Licensee") with the Software in
source form:
* Grail® Browser, Version 0.4
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this Agreement, CNRI grants Licensee a non-exclusive, irrevocable,
non-transferable, royalty-free, worldwide license to reproduce,
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GRAIL or CNRI, in any trademark sense to endorse or promote Licensee's
products or services. Licensee may use the mark GRAIL in connection
with License's derivative works that are based on or incorporate the
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equivalent, together with a statement that "GRAIL® is a registered
trademark of CNRI."
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objection if Licensee makes use of computer software owned by others,
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Regards,
Joey
--
All language designers are arrogant. Goes with the territory...
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