discuss: Request for license approval...

Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. rdixon at cyberspaces.org
Thu Nov 21 00:04:53 UTC 2002


Hmm...I wish I understood what you were really asking. At any rate, be
careful to note whether the author of a license is making a claim that the
license, itself, is copyright-protected; if so, you should get permission
before you copy it.

Rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Dodson" <bruce_dodson at hotmail.com>
To: "John Cowan" <jcowan at reutershealth.com>
Cc: <license-discuss at opensource.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: discuss: Request for license approval...


: Is it true that changing proper names is not a problem?  I had always been
: of the impression that, e.g. I couldn't just use the Apache License,
change
: the proper names, and call my software OSI Certified.
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "John Cowan" <jcowan at reutershealth.com>
: > I urge you instead to see if you can reuse one of the 39 existing
licenses
: > (generally speaking, changing proper names in them is not a problem).
: > That way you will not add to the queue and you will be able to call your
: > software "OSI Certified" right away.
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