The term "Open Source" in your JX Application Framework license

[Glenn W. Bach]

While we have *no* desire to be involved in any sort of flame war, we had
simply felt that our license was that same as Qt's which is officially
"Open Source".

Glenn

> I am writing to protest your use of the term "Open Source" in the license
> for your product "JX Application Framework".  While this term is not
> legally protectible as a trademark, it is commonly understood in the
> open-source community to refer to a license compliant with the Open
> Source Definition (http://www.opensource.org/osd.html).
>
> Your license is not compliant, because of criterion 6:
> "The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program
> in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not
> restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being
> used for genetic research."
>
> I am asking you, therefore, to relabel your license to remove the words
> "Open Source" from it, in favor of something like "Non-Commercial Use",
> or else to remove the restrictions against commercial use.
>
> Your other license (for Code Crusader, Code Medic, etc.), on the
> other hand, is genuinely Open Source.  Bravo!
> -- 
>
> John Cowan	http://www.reutershealth.com		jcowan at reutershealth.com
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>