YAOSL - Yet Another Open Source License v1.03

[Angelo Schneider]

Alex Nicolaou wrote:
[...]
> > This is similar to the above. What if a nation (France for example) ruled that
> > something was unenforcable (the 90 days for another example). This would mean
> > that no one in the nation of France is able to use the software at all.
> >
> > I think a better solution would be to change this into a severability clause
> 
> This is my intention also. I don't know what you mean by a severability
> clause. Can you point me at another license that contains one or suggest
> one?
> 
> I beleive that the usual case for these types of laws has to do with
> preserving competitive advantage for people writing software within the
> country. For example, it was rumored that non-localized software would
> be illegal in France at some point in the near future: so if you wished

Can't be done. This would be against european laws.

> to sell in france you'd have to translate your software to french.
> Clearly this type of law tilts the table substantially in favour of
> protecting the internal software development industry: they already need

They have not protectin in mind!
They have their language in mind, they don't want it poluted by
anglocisms,
like the german language is ...

> to localize their software to reach the huge english speaking market,

No they don't need to do that. France only writes software for france.
That's the braindead assumption of them :-)

> but they'll have less trouble simultaneously releasing a version in
> France that will hold a near-monopoly and make it easier for the french
> software company to survive and maintain its position. It isn't clear to
> me why my license should take steps to allow my software to be used in
> countries where the laws are oriented at restricting my ability to

The U.S. does exactly and only that ...
Why should europe (or some country in particular) not do the same
in return?

> compete for market share.
> 
[...]

> alex

Angelo

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