Open source shareware?

[Karsten M. Self]

on Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 11:05:29AM -0500, Forrest J. Cavalier III (mibsoft at mibsoftware.com) wrote:
> Can someone point out the OSD violation of a shareware 
> license such as the following?  I realize it violates
> the spirit of the OSD, but I cannot find where it violates
> the "letter" of the OSD.  The OSD is silent on "use" and
> I think this illustrates the problem.
> 
> Russ Nelson has indicated that the specific wording of the OSD
> is important.  Can we find a way that the OSD rejects this kind
> of license?
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
> As long as this permission notice and disclaimer are included, any
> person obtaining a copy of this software may distribute this
> software or derivatives.
> 
> If you decide to run the software after a 30 day evaluation period,
> you must pay a fee of $20 to <copyright holder.>
> 
> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
> EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
> MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
> NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
> HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
> WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
> FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
> OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Clause 1:

   "The license shall not require a royalty or other fee for such sale"

The terms for payment are interpreted by me to be "sale +time", which in
the general case reduces to a required fee for sale or transfer.

Peace.

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