For Legacy Approval: Soul-Fu License

[Jon Mayo]

The restrictions on being able to charge money for it or services for
it pretty much kills the idea of it being an OSI license.

It's just another Freeware license.

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Justin Dugger <jldugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Soul-Fu is an existing game who's copyright holder decided to release
> the source code, and a growing number of people are beginning to
> modify it.  I don't personally believe it is Open Source, but when
> questioned the author has stated "The license stands as it is. I think
> it's a pretty nice license -- maybe the OSI folks would be kind enough
> to stamp it for 'ya. SoulFu has never been GPL'd."
>
> Since the copyright holder is rarely available, having basically
> decided to abandon the program, I was hoping the OSI itself might
> provide a definitive answer in light of his claims that the following
> is Open Source:
>
> ***********
> Disclaimer
>
> THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS", AND AARON BISHOP DISCLAIMS
> ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. BY USING THIS
> SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK AND THAT AARON
> BISHOP WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
> CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES. PERIOD.
>
> Distribution
>
> THIS SOFTWARE MAY ONLY BE DISTRIBUTED IF NO MONEY IS CHARGED FOR THE
> SOFTWARE ITSELF, NO MONEY IS CHARGED FOR THE MEDIA UPON WHICH IT IS
> SUPPLIED, AND NO MONEY IS CHARGED FOR THE SERVICE OF SUPPLYING IT. IT
> MAY NOT BE SOLD, RENTED, OR OTHERWISE USED TO EARN MONEY, EITHER BY
> ITSELF OR AS PART OF A COMPILATION OR BUNDLE -- EXCEPT WITH EXPRESS
> WRITTEN PERMISSION. IF MONEY IS CHANGING HANDS, IT IS A COPYRIGHT
> VIOLATION! ASK FIRST! I WILL USUALLY GIVE PERMISSION TO MAGAZINES...
>
> Alterations
>
> This is the development version of Secret of Ultimate Legendary
> Fantasy: Unleashed, complete with source code. I hereby grant all
> users permission to modify this game and to distribute derivative
> works, provided that the following conditions are met:
>
> 1. The title screen (WSPLASH), main menu (WMAIN), and "Be Nice" window
> (WMONEY) must remain intact and unchanged.
>
> 2. The disclaimer and distribution text above must be included and abided by.
>
> 3. This manual must be included.
>
> 4. The high standard of quality must be maintained. Official-ish
> releases should be voted on by members of the Official-ish forum, and
> the virtue system should be expanded. It must always change for the
> better.
>
> 5. The NICEWARE system must remain working and enforced - no "work
> arounds" may be made. In order to access all character classes, the
> player must type "I SWEAR I DID SOMETHING NICE" one time per session.
>
> ************
>
> This license is found in a Manual.htm file in the distribution of
> software, hence the requirement that the manual must be included.
>
> I'm not sure if this qualifies exactly as a "Legacy", but there is a
> substantial amount of work going on in forums you can find at
> http://www.soulfu.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=8 .
>
> Thank you for your time,
> Justin Dugger
>



-- 
Jon Mayo
<jon.mayo at gmail.com>