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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I was wondering if anyone might be able to help in advising whether a license was classed as open-source or not.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I have been looking at the Open CASCADE Technology Public License (<A HREF="http://www.opencascade.org/occ/license" TARGET="_blank">http://www.opencascade.org/occ/license</A>) but it is not clear to me whether it is Free (the developers claim that it is 'LGPL-like'). There has been some discussion on the Debian lists (<A HREF="http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/06/msg00222.html" TARGET="_blank">http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/06/msg00222.html</A>) but if subsequent posts are read, it is still not clear.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>It doesn't currently seem to appear on any lists of approved licenses on the OSI website</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>One of the issues is to do with an obligation to send changes back to the original developers, but this only appears in the introduction to the license and not actually within the body of the license text.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks for any help.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Charles Collis,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Dyson Ltd</FONT>
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