New W3C Software License: Please update OSI page
Joseph Reagle
reagle at w3.org
Mon Jan 6 20:31:27 UTC 2003
In compliance with [1] I'm requesting that you please update the W3C license
maintained [2] on your site as that license (copyright-software-19980720)
is now deprecated. The new version [3] was created so as to ensure
continuing compatability with the OSI definition and GPL. Please indicate
if this request does not satisfy your policies or if its resolution will
exceed more than three months. Thank you.
[1] http://www.opensource.org/docs/certification_mark.php
[2] http://www.opensource.org/licenses/W3C.php
[3] http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/2002/copyright-software-20021231
...
This formulation of W3C's notice and license became active on December
31 2002. This version removes the copyright ownership notice such that
this license can be used with materials other than those owned by the
W3C, reflects that ERCIM is now a host of the W3C, includes references
to this specific dated version of the license, and removes the
ambiguous grant of "use". Otherwise, this version is the same as the
previous version and is written so as to preserve the Free Software
Foundation's assessment of GPL compatibility and OSI's certification
under the Open Source Definition....
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Joseph Reagle Jr. http://www.w3.org/People/Reagle/
W3C Policy Analyst mailto:reagle at w3.org
IETF/W3C XML-Signature Co-Chair http://www.w3.org/Signature/
W3C XML Encryption Chair http://www.w3.org/Encryption/2001/
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