Lawrence E. Rosen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > In order to satisfy my attorney's concerns that the above provisions be > enforceable, I am instructed to ensure that there is a clear > manifestation of assent to my license. (My attorney has read Specht v. > Netscape.) I wish to do this by a click-wrap procedure that is invoked > upon installation (or first use) of the KA program. I provide notice > that anyone who is not completely satisfied with the license terms may > return the "free" software to me for a complete refund. > > In order to ensure that this manifestation of assent procedure is always > effective, I want to include a provision in my license requiring my > distributors to retain that click-wrap procedure -- along with my > copyright and patent notices -- when they distribute my program. > > Is my KA license open source? Should the OSD prevent me from getting > OSI certification for KA because I included a click-wrap requirement in > my license?
This scenario argues for permitting click-to-use but not click-to-redistribute. -- <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3