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<font face="Times New Roman">Mr. Wilson and others involved in
license-discuss: We have buy-in to the BSD license
now. Here is a revised email describing our intentions. Please let me
know next steps. Thank you.<br>
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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <font><font
face="Times New Roman">On August 2, 2006, I submitted a "Legal
analysis of license for
approval" to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:license-approval@opensource.org">license-approval@opensource.org</a>
for our license, formerly entitled
"BSD License (with express disclaimer of noninfringement added)" and
now entitled, "BSD License for UCAR's VAPOR software."<br>
<br>
On August 7, I sent an email intended to address all other information
requirements for</font></font><font face="Times New Roman"> OSI
approval of a license. You responded on the 8th urging us to obtain
the agreement of our contributors to the BSD License, without
modification. We have done so. Please see below for our revised
request for OSI approval. <br>
<br>
Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please inform me
regarding any necessary next steps.</font><i style=""></i>
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<font> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">The terms and conditions of
our proposed
license
is virtually identical to the BSD license. The only difference is the
copyright credit.<span style=""><font> <br>
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<font> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Redistribution, with or
without modification, is permitted, so long as copyright recognized,
liability disclaimed and contributor names not used to endorse. We are
unaware of licenses that are entirely incompatible with out proposed
license, but there may be some such licenses.</span><font><i style=""><o:p>
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</o:p></i></font></p>
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<ul type="disc">
<font> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">The plain text version of our
proposed
license is reprinted below, in its entirety. The HTML version is
attached and is also available on the following website: <a
href="http://www.vapor.ucar.edu/download/termsandconditions.html">http://www.vapor.ucar.edu/download/termsandconditions.html</a>
</li>
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<p><u><b><o:p><font>BSD License for UCAR's VAPOR Software</font></o:p></b></u></p>
<p><o:p></o:p><font><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">OWNER
= the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), with contributions from <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Ohio</st1:placename> <st1:placetype
w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
and Silicon
Graphics (the "Contributors")<br>
YEAR = 2006<o:p></o:p></span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style=""><font>A.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font>VAPOR software<span
style=""> </span>- Copyright </font></span><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""><font>(c)</font></span></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<font>2006 UCAR.<span style=""> </span>All rights reserved.<o:p></o:p></font></span></b><!--[endif]--></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style=""><font>B.<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font>Contributions to VAPOR
software:<br>
1. OSU Flow Integration Library - Copyright </font></span><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""><font>(c)</font></span></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font> 2006 <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Ohio</st1:placename> <st1:placetype
w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<span
style=""> </span>All rights reserved.<br>
2. GLEW software - Copyright </font></span><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""><font>(c)</font></span></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">
<font>2002-2006 Silicon Graphics, Inc. All
Rights Reserved.<o:p></o:p></font></span></b><!--[endif]--></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font>Redistribution
and
use
in source
and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided
that the
following conditions are met:<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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<b><font> <li class="MsoNormal" style="">Redistributions of source
code must
retain the above copyright notices, as included in the source code,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Redistributions in binary form must
reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the
following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
provided with the distribution.</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="">Neither the name of the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research nor the names of its Contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.</li>
</font></b>
</ul>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font>THIS
SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO,
THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS
BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
SUBSTITUTE
GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY
WAY OUT
OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGE.<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Confidential Communication
If this communication was received in error please disregard and delete immediately.
Sarah Forsythe Pritchard
Associate General Counsel
UCAR/NCAR
1850 Table Mesa Drive
Boulder, CO 80305
303-497-8564 (voice)
303-497-8501 (fax)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sarahp@ucar.edu">sarahp@ucar.edu</a>
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Wilson, Andrew wrote:
<blockquote
cite="midCFC8CCBFB0D386448DE64EE85BA15C8D6FDD28@orsmsx419.amr.corp.intel.com"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Sarah Pritchard wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The existing OSI-approved BSD license is most similar to our proposed
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<pre wrap=""><!---->license,
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<pre wrap="">but the BSD license will not suffice because one of our contributors
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<pre wrap=""><!---->insists
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<pre wrap="">upon an express disclaimer of noninfringement. For this reason, we
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<pre wrap=""><!---->have
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<pre wrap="">modified the BSD license by adding the word, "NONINFRINGMENT" after
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<pre wrap=""><!---->the word,
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<pre wrap="">"MERCHANTABILITY" in the first sentence of the final paragraph of the
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<pre wrap=""><!---->license.
BSD is one of the best known and widely used of all open source
licenses. Creating a variant at this late date simply because you have
a single contributor who has far too much time on his or her hands and
wants to practice belt and suspenders drafting by adding noninfringement
to the already sweeping disclaimer of warranty and indemnification
is unnecessary.
Andy Wilson
Intel Open Source Technology Center
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Confidential Communication
If this communication was received in error please disregard and delete immediately.
Sarah Forsythe Pritchard
Associate General Counsel
UCAR/NCAR
1850 Table Mesa Drive
Boulder, CO 80305
303-497-8564 (voice)
303-497-8501 (fax)
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sarahp@ucar.edu">sarahp@ucar.edu</a>
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