Request for Open Source License Approval

Brice, Richard BriceR at WSDOT.WA.GOV
Tue Sep 7 14:41:51 UTC 1999


I would like to request that the attached licenses be reviewed and approved
for use with the OSI Certification Mark.  These licenses,  the Alternate
Route Open Source License (AROSL) and the Alternate Route Library Open
Source License (ARLOSL), are very similar to the GNU GPL and the GNU LGPL,
respectively.  The primary difference between these licenses is a broader
disclaimer of warranties and licensees indemnify the author from third party
tort claims.  We feel these license conform to the open source definition
and retain the spirit of the GPL and LGPL.

These licenses are to be posted to the license-discuss list.  
Just so my identity is up front where everyone can find it easily, I am:

Richard Brice, PE
Software Applications Engineer
Washington State Department of Transportation, Bridge and Structures Office
4500 3rd Ave SE - P.O. Box 47340
Olympia, WA 98503
Phone : 360-705-7174
Fax : 360-705-6814
E-mail : BriceR at wsdot.wa.gov
Internet : http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/bridge  (the web site for the
Alternate Route project has not been created yet)

BACKGROUND
===========
The Washington State Department of Transportation, Bridge and Structures
Office (WSDOT) is beginning an open source development effort to create
bridge engineering software tools. Mimicking the successful project oriented
model of the GNU Project, we are commissioning the "Alternate Route"
project.  The Alternate Route will serve as a focal point for the bridge
engineering community.  The software that is to be created in the Alternate
Route Project will be used to assist qualified structural engineers design
transportation structures that the traveling public will utilize.

As part of my efforts to convince the WSDOT management to license our
software as open source, I had a lawyer at the Washington State Attorney
General's Office review our current license and the GNU GPL/LGPL.  The AG's
Office is of the opinion that the GNU GPL/LGPL do not offer sufficient
protection against third party claims arising out of the use of the
software,  especially since the output from software will be used in the
design of transportation structures and issues of public safety come to
mind.  As such, GNU GPL-like and GNU LGPL-like license have been drafted.

Full text of the license follow.

AROSL
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