Approval of IWL - Consolidated Response

[Bruce Perens]

FYI, I wrote OSD #9 and agree that its language is intended to prohibit 
the terms in your license section (c)(ii).

    Thanks

    Bruce

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> OSD #9 says:
>
> "9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
>
> The license must not place restrictions on other software that is 
> distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license 
> must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium 
> must be open-source software. "
>
> IWL says:
>
> "(c) Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on 
> how to obtain complete source code for:
>
>         (i) the Software; and
>         (ii) all accompanying software that uses (or is intended to 
> use) the Software whether directly or indirectly."
>
> Point (i) is of course fine, and the same as many other licenses.
>
> Point (ii) violates OSD #9.  "Use" is not defined, and thus needs to 
> be interpreted broadly.  It is likely that independently written works 
> (like a new client) distributed with derivative works (such as a 
> server) would either directly or indirectly use the Software.  This 
> conflicts with OSD #9, which says "other [non-derivative] software" 
> can not have "restrictions".
>
> Matt Flaschen