[Fwd: Re: For Approval: The Azure License]

[Bruce Perens]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: For Approval: The Azure License
Date: 	Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:27:29 -0700
From: 	Bruce Perens <bruce at perens.com>
To: 	Kenneth Ballenegger <seoxys at gmail.com>
References: 	<967A0676-A09B-49B4-89CE-6A5D0BF03053 at gmail.com>



    The Azure License

    Copyright (c) {year} {copyright holders,
    including link}

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge

    /, to
    any person obtaining a copy of this software and
    associated documentation files
    (the "Software"),
    /

This makes it ambiguous whether or not a license exists if you haven't 
received the documentation files.
I suggest you simply delete the part above.


    to deal in the Software without restriction,
    including without limitation the rights to
    use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
    sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
    and to permit persons to whom the Software is
    furnished to do so, subject to the following
    conditions:

    Attribution to the copyright holder(s), by name
    and by hyperlink, /shall/ be given
     in the about box, credits document and/or
     documentation of any derivative work
    using a substantial portion of the Software.

This is unclear because you're writing in the indirect mode, which is 
almost always a bad idea./
Who/ is it who will give attribution? It's the party that receives the 
license, but you never say so.
Start this paragraph with *"You must"* and go from there.

    The name of the copyright holder(s) may not be
    used to endorse or promote produc ts derived
    from the Software without specific prior written
    permission.

This will get by, but I prefer "You must not use the name" ...


    The above copyright notice and this permission
    notice shall be included in all c opies or
    substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
    WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLI ED,
    INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
    OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
    THE AUTHORS OR COPYR IGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR
    ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
    AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WIT H THE SOFTWARE
    OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

    http://seoxys.com/azure-license/