Patrik Wallstrom scripsit: > Is there any current open source licenses that can enforce the software to > follow an exact algorithm (as provided by the copyright owner) and > protocol?
No. That would limit the freedom to create derivative works. > Does any of the licenses also prohibit a name change of the > software package? This might be a sort of advertising clause, but I think as a practical matter it would be self-defeating. Some licenses, indeed, *require* you to change the name if you make changes of certain types: the Artistic License, e.g. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3