Request for Open Source License Approval

[Brice, Richard]

We have been in contact with the FSF and they have given us permission to
use their license(s) as templates for creating our own, so long as we make
it clear that our license is not the GNU (L)GPL license.

Richard Brice, PE
WSDOT, Bridge and Structures
360-705-7174

> ----------
> From: 	Seth David Schoen[SMTP:schoen at loyalty.org]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, September 07, 1999 12:09 PM
> To: 	'license-discuss at opensource.org'
> Subject: 	Re: Request for Open Source License Approval
> 
> Brice, Richard writes:
> 
> > The primary difference between these licenses is a broader
> > disclaimer of warranties and licensees indemnify the author from third
> party
> > tort claims.
> 
> Oh, also, I don't think the FSF would grant you permission to add an
> indemnification clause to their licenses, and such a clause probably
> _does_
> need to be in the license itself.
> 
> -- 
>                     Seth David Schoen <schoen at loyalty.org>
>       They said look at the light we're giving you,  /  And the darkness
>       that we're saving you from.   -- Dar Williams, "The Great Unknown"
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>