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

Wilson, Andrew andrew.wilson at intel.com
Tue Jul 7 23:56:18 UTC 2009


> 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.

In a large project the number of unique copyright holders can also
become quite large, unless assignment of copyright is required.
You might consider requiring attribution for the project or for the
Initial Developer, which would make compliance easier in practice.

Not strictly germane to OSI approval, but, as I'm sure you're aware, an
attribution clause probably makes your license GPLv2-incompatible.

Andy Wilson
Intel open source technology center



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