OpenEuphoria

Re: ESL license

• Posted by D. Newhall <derek_newhall at yahoo.com> Jul 22, 2005
• 485 views

Juergen Luethje wrote:
> 
> I also prefer a weak license. I'd like to have two points included:
> 
> 1) We explicitly declare no warrantee on the library.
> 2) It should be clearly documented who wrote what. I.e. if someone
>    makes changes to ESL without talking to the group of 'official'
>    contributors, it must be documented that
>    a) this person didn't write the original code
>    b) the 'official' contributors didn't write the new code

Here's a quick draft of a potential licnese I wrote up at work. The idea is that
it should maintain the points above yet also not interfere with closed source
program interfacing with it nor GPLed programs.




Euphoria Standard Library License (*DRAFT*)


Copyright (c) 2005 Derek A. Newhall and the Euphoria Standard Library Project



A) Definitions Used in This License


The term "License" shall mean this document containing the terms and services
for use, distribution, and modification.

The term "Licensor" shall mean, throughout this License, the initial copyright
owner(s) or legal representative(s) authorized by the copyright owner that is
granting the License.

The term "Work" shall mean, throughout this License, the software, document, or
other work of authorship that this License is applied to by the Licensor.

The term "Derivative Work" shall mean, throughout this License, any Work that
contains mataerial taken from the work from which it is derived.

The term "Licensee" shall mean, throughout this License, the individual or
entity that is exercising permissions granted by this License.



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This License applies to any Work which contains an explicit notice placed by the
Licensor which states that the Work falls under the terms guaranteed by this
License to the Licensee.


This License gurantees the User permission to obtain a copy of this Work free of
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modification of the original and any list of former and current contributors (if
any) must remain unchanged.

3) The name of the Licensor shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to
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written authorization of the Licensor.



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