> pronoic is a word (albeit a made up word) meaning the opposite of > paranoic. it is also a name, but so is apple, and netscape and > apache. they can use their name in their own licences. > >
Undefined words no place in legal documents. If a made up word appears, or is offset in "" it will be assumed to be a name or a trademark. Captilization differences in names are a pretty thin edge to hang an argument on in a court of law. When read that way, the only way to comply is to get written permission. The OSD conflict is that you cannot require written permission. That is what I meant when I write there was conflict. BTW, as I understand it, there are important reasons that you never want your trademarkable name to have a defined meaning. I mention this because if you try to solve the license conflicst by defining "pronoic" and you are successful in propagating your meme, then I think you be unable to protect a trademark on the company name or software. Forrest P.S. the "name" vs "description" distinction is amusing to anyone who knows Douglas Hofstadters writings. You get a wink and a nodm from the geeks here. But they don't belong in a legal document. -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3