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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>>Matthew Flaschen wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>>Tzeng, Nigel H. wrote:<BR>>> Look guys, there's no difference between what I was thinking about<BR>>> and what was already approved under the Jabber Open Source License<BR>>> Section 5:<BR><BR>>At the moment, that page (<A href="http://opensource.org/licenses/jabberpl.php">http://opensource.org/licenses/jabberpl.php</A>)<BR>>is broken on the website so I can't verify your quote. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Here is a working </FONT><FONT size=2>URL </FONT><FONT size=2>for you to verify. Google is your friend when you </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>doubt someone's veracity or competence in using cut and paste.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.jabber.org/about/josl.shtml">http://www.jabber.org/about/josl.shtml</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>>It does say that license is deprecated, so I don't think the OSI would be eager to<BR>>approve a license that attempted to do the same thing.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Not every license with some of the same legal disclaimers are attempting </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>to do the same thing. There were a few problems with JOSL which is why they </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>deprecated it rather than fixed it with a new version.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>I have not made an exhaustive search of licenses to see if someone else uses</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>this kind of disclaimer. I've only looked in detail at the licenses that I have to </FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>comply with.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>The deprecation of JOSL has little to do with the value or need of such an</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>allowance.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><BR><FONT size=2>>> Any corporate or government project that can get a statute or<BR>>> government regulation enacted to steal my code is part of the<BR>>> Illuminati and is welcome to do whatever they want with it.<BR><BR>>Are you /really/ claiming the government never changes the law for their<BR>>own benefit?<BR><BR>>Matt Flaschen<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>No Matt, I'm claiming no such thing. I'm saying they aren't going to bother</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>over something as trivial as my code. Sorry the humor misdirected you to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>such a conclusion.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2>Nigel</FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>