The first paragraph of http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.html states: "For your convenience, we have collected here copies of the licenses approved by OSI. If you distribute your software under one of these licenses, you are permitted to say that your software is "OSI Certified Open Source Software."" However, if I choose to distribute my software under the Apache license, I clearly don't want to use the verbatim license. How much leeway do I have in modifying the wording of a license derived from one of the canonical forms while still claiming to distribute my software under the terms of that license? For reference, I am attaching a copy of the derived license in question. Sorry, I know the question is a bit challenged, but there are no real guidelines for this on 'opensource.org' that I can see. Thanks in advance for your assistance, Bryan -- Bryan George Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5 Butternut Way Web: http://www.mindspring.com/~lyricos Sterling, VA 20164 Phone: (703) 707-8578 (H), (801) 740-5156 (F)
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