>1. Put the license on a web page in HTML form. We will convert >it into the same style as the existing approved licenses. You can >help us by publishing it in that style yourself to save us the >conversion step.
The BSD-Lite license can be found here: http://www.kallisys.org/bsd-lite/bsd-lite.html The presentation is OSI's. >2. Tell us which existing OSI-approved license is most similar >to your license. Explain why that license will not suffice for your >needs. If your proposed license is derived from a license we have >already approved, describe exactly what you have changed. This >document is not part of the license; it is solely to help the board >understand and review your license. The BSD-Lite is derived from the BSD license. I just removed "this lists of conditions" from clauses 1 and 2 of the BSD license. Indeed, these clauses makes the BSD license with licenses such as the GPL, as explained here: http://www.kallisys.org/bsd-lite/bsd-gpl/?lg=en I've written some code for a fellow developer who is working on a GPL project. I needed a license that will not prevent other developers (for another project) to include my code, so instead of using double-licensing, I preferred the BSD until I realized the problem of the list of conditions. Hence, I took the BSD and removed this constraint. Also, like the BSD license on OSI website, the BSD-Lite license is provided as a template. >3. Explain how software distributed under your license can be >used in conjunction with software distributed under other open >source licenses. Which license do you think will take precedence for >derivative or combined works? Is there any software license that is >entirely incompatible with your proposed license?. I believe that, on the contrary to the BSD license, the BSD-Lite license can be used in conjunction with any other license. It won't take precedence over any license. Paul -- Home page: http://www.kallisys.com/ Newton-powered WebServer: http://newt.dyndns.org:8080/ -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
