Branden Robinson wrote:
I was unaware that the X-Oz Technolgies license already existed (under a
different name, maybe?). Can you please direct me to the software
projects that used it before X-Oz did? I don't mean the individual
parts of the license; I know examples where those have been used. I
mean the entire license as used by X-Oz (with other copyright holders'
names substituted, of course). I don't recall that exact license ever
having come up on this list before, and I've been subscribed for a few
years -- but my memory is sadly imperfect. References to where the Free
Software Foundation, Open Source Initiative, and other organizations
certified it as satisfying their standards would be helpful as well.
I am assuming that the X-Oz Technologies license is not *intended* to be
precisely identical in meaning to the XFree86 1.0 license or Apache 1.1
license, else I expect X-Oz would have simply used one or the other of
those licenses. I had thought that X-Oz independently developed its
license because neither the XFree86 1.0 nor Apache 1.1 licenses achieved
the desired result.
Sue, There is a principle in hermeneutics that says: there are no
useless words. This means, basically: if you want to say the same
thing, use the same words. If you don't use the same words, you don't
want to say the same thing. Basically, if X-Oz wants the same
disposition as Apache Foundation (license v.1.1) /or/ XFree (license
v.1.0), it should use the same license; or else, the only real -- and
/legal/ -- conclusion is that the disposition is not the same.
and I think that makes sense since one cannot interpret the license
everytime for every reader.
I don't think that will be necessary; with luck, X-Oz's answers to the
questions Debian has raised can be dissemenated widely, as this
discussion is taking place in a public forum. X-Oz certainly has my
permission to quote my correspondence with you on this subject if would
be helpful towards drafting a FAQ about your license, if you'd like to
do that.
You know, this (clarification of the terms of the license) may not be
binding, but is a start.
[]s,
Massa