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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OSS License
I tortured meself reading parts of this licence and it looks good to me. So
i would say: go ahead.
Thijs Struijs
----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren Greenway" <opensourcesub@yahoo.com>
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:08 PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OSS License
> After reviewing all the license options I could
> find,
> I have decided that the GNU Free Documentation License
> is the best suited to the Open Source Submersible. I
> have posted the license at: www.restorides.com/~dub
> To brush over the major points quickly: The
> information
> we compile will have to be loosely organized into a
> book format. It will be acceptable for a person to
> make and sell hardcopies, as long as they provide up-
> front information on where to get the free softcopy.
> It will be acceptable for a commercial entity to
> produce the submersible described in our
> documentation,
> in whole or in part, but they are required to add any
> improvements or additions back into the documentation.
> There will be no liability for contributors. Stallman
> and his Free Software Foundation have agreed to
> legally
> cover the project with their license and subsequent
> legal umbrella.
> I would like anyone who has an interest in the
> project to read over the license and give me feedback
> before I actually place the OSS Project under it. If
> there are any issues, please bring them up now. I know
> there is precious little to prtect at this point, but
> it won't remain that way for long.
>
> Warren D. Greenway
>
>
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