Approval of Edustructures Open Source License

Karsten M. Self kmself at ix.netcom.com
Sat Jan 26 15:19:29 UTC 2002


on Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 12:48 PM -0700, Steve Setzer (Ssetzer at planetsoftware.com) wrote:
> [ Please review this license.  -russ ]
> 
> Folks,
> 
> Attached please find in HTML form 

I strongly prefer text format.  This makes annotation of comments easier.

For legal documents, variations in presentation of HTML may result in
different interpretations.  This submission reads poorly at my end.

Following is a plain-text rendering.  No representation of conformance
with the original license is made, though reasonable attempts have been
made to keep the text intact.

I am requesting that the OSI adopt a "best format" policy of requesting
(and preferably requiring) an ASCII text version of any proposed
licenses, capable of being read in an 80 column display.  I'll reference
the IETF's reliance on text as a uniform, open document format.

IANAL, TINLA, YADA.

Peace.

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    Edustructures JaZ and J/SAL Licensing Notice

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of either:

    a. the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
	Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
	version, or

    b. the "Edustructures Open Source License" as published by
	Edustructures and included with this software

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See either the
    GNU General Public License or the Edustructures Open Source License
    for more details.

    For your reference, the Edustructures Open Source License and
    version 2 of the General Public License are replicated below.

    Edustructures Open Source License

    Version 1.0

    This Edustructures Open Source License (the "License") applies to
    JaZ, J/SAL, and related software products as well as any updates or
    maintenance releases of that software ("Edustructures Products")
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    This License complies with the Open Source Definition and has been
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	which Licensor or Contributor has attached the Notice in Exhibit
	A, which is incorporated herein by this reference.

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	APPLY TO YOU.  

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	to distribute such responsibility on an equitable basis.
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	item, as that term is defined in 48 C.F.R. 2.101 (Oct. 1995),
	consisting of commercial computer software and commercial
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	C.F.R. 12.212 (Sept. 1995).  Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212
	and 48 C.F.R.  227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4 (June 1995), all
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	Contributor:  Each person or entity who created or contributed
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	Section 2)

	Derivative Works: That term as used in this License is defined
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	License:  This Edustructures Open Source License.  (See first
	paragraph of License)

	Licensed Product:  Any Edustructures Product licensed pursuant
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	Licensor:  Edustructures LLC (See first paragraph of License)

	Modifications:  Any additions to or deletions from the substance
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	Notice:  The notice contained in Exhibit A.  (See Section 4(e))

	Source Code: The preferred form for making modifications to the
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	any associated interface definition files, scripts used to
	control compilation and installation of an executable program,
	or a list of differential comparisons against the Source Code of
	the Licensed Product.  (See Section 1(a))

	You:  This term is defined in Section 14 of this License.



    EXHIBIT A

    The Notice below must appear in each file of the Source Code of any
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    License:

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    Acknowledgements

    Special thanks to the Edustructures Open Source Contributors for
    their suggestions and support of JaZ and J/SAL.



    Modifications:

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    that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not
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    The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and
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    TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

    0.  This License applies to any program or other work which contains
    a notice placed by the copyright holder saying it may be distributed
    under the terms of this General Public License. The "Program",
    below, refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the
    Program" means either the Program or any derivative work under
    copyright law: that is to say, a work containing the Program or a
    portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or
    translated into another language.  (Hereinafter, translation is
    included without limitation in the term "modification".) Each
    licensee is addressed as "you".

    Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not
    covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of
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    Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on
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    Program). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.

    1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
    source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
    conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
    copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
    notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any
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    this License along with the Program.

    You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy,
    and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for
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    2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
    of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
    distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
    above, provided that you also meet all of these conditions:

    * a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices
    stating that you changed the files and the date of any change.
    * b) You must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in
    whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part
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    under the terms of this License.
    * c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively
    when run, you must cause it, when started running for such
    interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an
    announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice
    that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a
    warranty) and that users may redistribute the program under these
    conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License.
    (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not
    normally print such an announcement, your work based on the Program
    is not required to print an announcement.)

    These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole.  If
    identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
    and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
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    based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the
    terms of this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend
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    who wrote it.

    Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or
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    In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the
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    3.  You may copy and distribute the Program (or a work based on it,
    under Section 2) in object code or executable form under the terms
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    The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
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    If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable
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    It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any
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    This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed
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    Each version is given a distinguishing version number. If the
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    10.  If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
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    NO WARRANTY

    11.  BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO
    WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
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    DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
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    12.  IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN
    WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY
    AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU
    FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
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    PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING
    RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A
    FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF
    SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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    END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS

    How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs

    If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
    possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make
    it free software which everyone can redistribute and change under
    these terms.

    To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
    to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
    convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
    the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is
    found.  one line to give the program's name and an idea of what it
    does.  Copyright (C) yyyy name of author

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
    02111-1307, USA.

    Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper
    mail.

    If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like
    this when it starts in an interactive mode: Gnomovision version 69,
    Copyright (C) year name of author Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY
    NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.  This is free software, and
    you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type
    `show c' for details.

    The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the
    appropriate parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the
    commands you use may be called something other than `show w' and
    `show c'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever
    suits your program.

    You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or
    your school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the
    program, if necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: Yoyodyne,
    Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the program
    `Gnomovision' (which makes passes at compilers) written by James
    Hacker.

    signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 1989 Ty Coon, President of Vice

    This General Public License does not permit incorporating your
    program into proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine
    library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking
    proprietary applications with the library. If this is what you want
    to do, use the GNU Library General Public License instead of this
    License.


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