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

Michael Tiemann tiemann at opensource.org
Wed Jul 8 15:06:44 UTC 2009


On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Kenneth Ballenegger <kenneth at ballenegger.com
> wrote:

> The Azure License
>
> Copyright (c) {year} {copyright holders, including link}
>
> You (the licensee) are hereby granted permission, free of charge, to deal
> in this software without restriction, including without limitation the
> rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
> sell copies of this software, subject to the following conditions:
>
> You must give attribution to the copyright holder(s), by name and by
> hyperlink, in the about box, credits document and/or documentation of any
> derivative work using a substantial portion of this software.
>
> You may not use the name of the copyright holder(s) to endorse or promote
> products derived from this software without specific prior written
> permission.
>
> THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
> AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT 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 WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
> IN THE SOFTWARE.
>
> http://seoxys.com/azure-license/
>

I don't see anything here that says anything about source code.  There's
lots of "software" available from the Apple store that comes without
source.  How does this license make any guarantees about what one can do
with *source*?

M


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