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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
Open Kernel Labs website claims the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Is OKL4 Open Source? <br>
OKL4 is dual licensed. The source code for OKL4 is freely available for
inspection and use under an open source license. Use of OKL4 under the open
source license requires that the source code for the software using OKL4 also
be made freely available. In the event you do not want to make your source code
freely available, you can purchase a proprietary use license for OKL4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>[http://www.ok-labs.com/faq#isOKL4OpenSource
] <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The OK Labs website says this: "OKL4 is
distributed under the <a href="http://www.ok-labs.com/licenses#iggy-wanna">Iggy
Wanna Open Source License</a>." I can find no record of OSI having
approved the Iggy Wanna Open Source License. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Section 1(c) of the Iggy Wanna Open Source License contains
the following provision: "Redistributions in any form must be accompanied
by information on how to obtain complete source code for: (i) the Software; and
(ii) all accompanying software that uses (or is intended to use) the Software
whether directly or indirectly."
[http://www.ok-labs.com/licenses#iggy-wanna] <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Such a provision has never been approved for an open source
license.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone here know the history of this software and this
license?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>/Larry<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Lawrence Rosen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Rosenlaw & Einschlag, a
technology law firm (<a href="http://www.rosenlaw.com">www.rosenlaw.com</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>3001 King Ranch Road, Ukiah,
CA 95482<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Office:
707-485-1242 Cell: 707-478-8932<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Apache Software Foundation,
member and counsel (<a href="http://www.apache.org">www.apache.org</a>) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Open Web Foundation, board
member (<a href="http://www.openwebfoundation.org">www.openwebfoundation.org</a>)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Stanford University,
Instructor in Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Author, <i>Open Source
Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law</i> (Prentice Hall
2004)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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