discuss: SHPTRANS License Template

[Bruce Dodson]

I made a revision to the SHPTRANS License Template.

http://gisdeveloper.tripod.com/shptrans_license_template.html

The changes are highlighted in the HTML.



For those looking at the text version which Russ posted:

I reversed the order of the first two conditions, got rid of the required
"brief notice", and replaced it with a required pointer to the complete
license. Before, the notice distilled to "This work is licensed under the
license terms for this work, which should have accompanied this work."  That
was circular and, in a product using libraries under various licenses,
probably ambiguous.

Also, in the description of what I mean by "complete license agreement" I
reversed the items "disclaimers and provisions" to "provisions and
disclaimers" - not for any legal reason; it just sounds better that way.


The first two conditions were:
   a. The above copyright notice must appear in all copies or
      substantial portions of the software. The copyright notice must
      be followed immediately by the complete text of this license
      agreement, or by the following brief notice:

        "This work is distributed on an "as is" basis without warranty
        of any kind. For more information, and to understand your
        rights and obligations, please refer to the complete license
        agreement for <software short name>, which should have
        accompanied this work. The same license agreement applies to
        derivative works.

        This work may also be redistributed and/or modified under the
        terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or any later
        version, as published by the Free Software Foundation."

   b. A verbatim copy of this license agreement (including the above
      copyright notice, this permission notice, and the following
      disclaimers and provisions) must appear in the documentation
      and/or in other materials accompanying the software.


They are now:
   a. A verbatim copy of this license agreement (including the above
      copyright notice, this permission notice, and the following
      provisions and disclaimers) must appear in the documentation
      and/or in other materials accompanying the software.

   b. The above copyright notice must appear in all copies or
      substantial portions of the software.  The copyright notice
      must be followed immediately by the complete text of this
      license agreement, or by a pointer stating where the complete
      license is found.


regards,
bruce
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