Approval of IWL - Consolidated Response

[Brendan Scott]

Dear Reviewers

Thank you for the comments posted to date to license-review.  Please let me repeat some things I have said earlier.  That is:
(a) OKL is making a serious application for approval of this licence; and
(b) OKL has made the application understanding that it will receive feedback on this licence. 

Please also understand that OKL's aim is for a licence which is OSD compliant, not simply OSI approved.  OKL takes, and intends to take, comments made on the licence seriously.  

To that end, OKL is operating from the understanding that all of the substantive issues with the licence relate to clause 1(c)(ii) of the licence text.  If this is not the case, please let me know. 

Further, comments on clause 1(c)(ii) have related to OSD #6 and OSD #9 (by Mr Perens and Mr Flaschen).  Despite Mr Perens' subsequent post it is not clear to OKL that clause 1(c)(ii) results in an issue with either OSD #6 or OSD #9.  More importantly, if it does result in an issue, why  - if it is to be remedied OKL will need to understand the cause of the concern.  Is the main issue here the one raised by Mr Rosen (that the licence may overstep the bounds of (US) copyright law)?  

In addition there have been some comments about the use of a program licensed under the IWL.  The licence permits the use of the program.  Each of the conditions 1(a)-(d) in the licence is preconditioned on there being a "redistribution".  


Brendan