[License-review] Request for Approval : Modular Open Software License (MOSL)

Love Nystrom love.nystrom at gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 13:40:40 UTC 2013


Hello Hadrien,

I would suggest you rephrase the disclaimer slightly, and and change 
some ORs to ANDs:
UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW _AND_ AGREED TO IN WRITING...

Just my penny to the pot.

WBR // Love


On 2013-01-30 15.12, Hadrien G. wrote:
..abbreviated..
> **************************************************
> ***    Modular Open Software License (MOSL)    ***
> ***      Working Draft 3, 30 January 2013      ***
> ***  Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Hadrien Grasland  ***
> **************************************************
>
> Redistribution and use of this software, or modified forms of it, are 
> permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
>
> * Redistributions of source code must retain this list of conditions, 
> the above copyright notice, and the following disclaimer.
> * Redistributions in binary form must include a copy of this list of 
> conditions, the above copyright notice, and the following disclaimer, 
> whether in documentation or in other provided materials.
> * Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on 
> how to obtain complete source code for this software, and any 
> accompanying software that makes use of it. Source code must either be 
> included in the distribution, or be available for no more than the 
> cost of its distribution. For an executable file, complete source code 
> means the source code for all modules it contains, save for modules or 
> files that are typically provided with the operating system on which 
> the executable file runs.
>
> UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING, THIS 
> SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED 
> WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 
> NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
> PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OF THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE, 
> AGAIN UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING, FOR 
> ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL 
> DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING IN ANY 
> WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 
> POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
>
> ===
>
> Best regards,
> Neolander




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