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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi David,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I see your point.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The software comes with a toolkit. If possible, I would like to prevent that people just use the toolkit. The objective of the toolkit is to support the ERP application. I am not concerned, that someone changes/disables the posting or customer information.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Cheers,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Jorg Janke</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>www.accorto.com Smart Business Management Solutions</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: David Johnson [<A HREF="mailto:david@usermode.org">mailto:david@usermode.org</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 10:34 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: Jorg Janke</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: license-discuss@opensource.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: FW: Compiere Open Source License Approval</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Monday 15 January 2001 06:00 pm, Jorg Janke wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Please approve the attached Compiere Open Source License draft and/or</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> suggest changes. Please feel free to post the license suggestion and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> reference my name,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>It's rather good, *except* for the following clauses:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Deleting from the substance or structure of Licensed Products or disabling</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> or hiding of functionality requires explicit permission by the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Contributors.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> Replacing existing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> functionality requires explicit permission by the Contributors.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>These clauses are the kiss of death. You won't get approval with them in. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If you are worried about your company's "reputation" by someone altering the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>functionality, require all derivitives with altered functionality to be </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>released under a different name. A trademark on the software name would also </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>go a long way. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>David Johnson</FONT>
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