Help in choosing appropriate open-source license...

[Tony R]

Ok, after some reading and thought, here's my proposed plan of action:

[1] As I am the person who came up with this innovative piece of software
that I'm calling Dialogos, therefore I can exercise my right to dual-license
the software.
[2] For the open-source version, my plan is to modify the CDDL, to include
phrasing such as:

"If you make available a speech application using Dialogos, you shall play
the included audio file opening-blurb.wav before any other prompts are
played by the application, in addition to your responsibilities under the
CDDL."

That is, an audio equivalent to the licensing splash on startup.

Thoughts?

--Tony


On 2/14/06, Wilson, Andrew <andrew.wilson at intel.com> wrote:
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> John Cowan wrote:
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> > The Open Source License does treat ASP use as deployment.
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> Also, CDDL's obligation to provide source code (sec. 3.1) is triggered
> by
> an executable you "make available."  It has been suggested in this
> forum that this no doubt intentionally vague wording covers ASP usage.
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> So, it appears you could accomplish your stated goals by dual-licensing
> your code OSL/proprietary or CDDL/proprietary.  Of course, this assumes
> that you own all copyrights in the code, or otherwise have sufficiently
> broad rights to relicense.
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> Andy Wilson
> Intel Open Source Technology Center
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