QuantLib License 1.0 submitted for OSD branding

[David Johnson]

On Thursday 10 January 2002 07:40 am, Ferdinando Ametrano wrote:

> OK, thank you for the suggestion. I adopted that:
> http://quantlib.org/license.html

It looks just fine. One tiny change I would make would be to change the name 
"QUANTLIB LICENSE 1.0" to "The BSD License". Then in the blurb above it state 
"Quantlib is Free Software released under The BSD License..."

> I think that the word REGENTS in the sentence#2 is just a typo. Isn't it?

Yes, (I strongly believe that) it's a typo. The "REGENTS" are the copyright 
holders. The templatized BSD license should not have that word in it.

> Should I still submit the resulting QuantLib License to
> license-approval at opensource.org?

There is no need to. It now follows the approved BSD license. In my *layman* 
opinion, you have met all the requirements for OSI certification.

> I did that, then I placed the developers names into the "AUTHORS" file:
> that is I listed RiskMap developers as authors, even if the copyright of
> their code is own by their employeer. Is it OK?

I believe so, but I am not a lawyer. The authors are indeed authors, so it's 
appropriate to list them in the AUTHORS file, but they might not be the 
copyright holders. I would either place their employers in parenthesis next 
to their names, or indicate the real copyright holder in the source code 
where their contribution occurs.

> One more consideration: I started from the FSF Xfree86-style license
> suggestion (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/bsd.html), then I tried to adopt
> the OSI certified license that had the most similar wording, that is the
> MIT license, finally I'm settling for BSD and I will have to get back to
> FSF for GPL compatibility certification.

The new style BSD license is already approved by the FSF as being GPL 
compatible. There is no need to consult with them again, unless you just want 
to.

> Would the OSI board consider to ask FSF to suggest the opensource.org BSD
> template for Non-Copylefted Free Software?

The new style BSD license is already listed at GNU as being Free and GPL 
compatible. They call it the "modified BSD license". They don't have a link 
to the templatized OSI version, but it's the same license.

Cheers,

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David Johnson
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