[Spread-users] Spread open license : draft for comments

Yair Amir yairamir at cnds.jhu.edu
Wed May 16 07:58:45 EDT 2001


Hi all,

I am sending this message to the spread-users at lists.spread.org to tell you about some developments related to the Spread toolkit.

We are working on a new license to Spread. The goal of this license is to open-source the basic spread toolkit while requiring proper acknowledgments and protection.

I am including a draft for the new Spread license. Please read it and provide me with any comments you have. We plan to release Spread 3.16 under this license later in May.

Best regards,

    :) Yair.        http://www.cs.jhu.edu/~yairamir

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Draft for the new Spread license
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Copyright (c) 1993-2001 Spread Concepts LLC.  All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following request and disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following request and disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. All advertising materials (including web pages) mentioning features or use of this software, or software that uses this software, must display the following acknowledgment:
"This product uses software developed by Spread Concepts LLC for use in the Spread group communication toolkit. For more information about Spread see http://www.spread.org"

4. The names "Spread" or "Spread group communication toolkit" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission.

5. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledgment:
"This product uses software developed by Spread Concepts LLC for use in the Spread group communication toolkit. For more information about Spread, see http://www.spread.org"

6. This license shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without reference to its conflicts of law provisions. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue for all legal actions relating to this license shall be in courts of competent subject matter jurisdiction located in the State of Maryland.

Although NOT REQUIRED, we at Spread Concepts would appreciate that active users of Spread notify us of who they are, how they are using Spread, and any comments they have through either e-mail (notify at spread.org) or our web site at (http://www.spread.org/notify).

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SPREAD IS PROVIDED UNDER THIS LICENSE ON AN AS IS BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES THAT SPREAD IS FREE OF DEFECTS, MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING. ALL WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED AND THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE CODE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD ANY CODE PROVE DEFECTIVE IN ANY RESPECT, YOU (NOT THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR ANY OTHER CONTRIBUTOR) ASSUME THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS LICENSE. NO USE OF ANY CODE IS AUTHORIZED HEREUNDER EXCEPT UNDER THIS DISCLAIMER.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR ANY OTHER CONTRIBUTOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, OR FOR LOSS OF INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER LOSS.

YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE TO FOREVER INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS OF SPREAD AGAINST ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, SUITS OR OTHER ACTIONS ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM YOUR ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF SPREAD.







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