From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 24 13:48:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1717C16A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:48:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from rsmba.biz (evrtwa1-ar19-4-41-158-208.evrtwa1.dsl-verizon.net [4.41.158.208]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 835AB43D3F for ; Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:47:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rschi@rsmba.biz) Received: (qmail 636 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2004 21:47:36 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foghorn.rsmba.biz) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 24 Jan 2004 21:47:36 -0000 Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:47:35 -0800 From: Richard Schilling To: stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040124214735.GE548@foghorn.rsmba.biz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Balsa 1.4.4 Lines: 21 cc: wine-devel@winehq.com Subject: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 21:48:01 -0000 I would like to present to you all a new Open Source software license I've written up. It's called the Single Supplier Open Source License. I will be distributing software under this license as well as the traditional Open Source licenses found at opensource.org. You can see a copy of the license and its associated FAQ at http://www.rsmba.biz/licenses . A link on the homepage at rsmba.biz will also direct you there. I will also be working directly with opensource.org to address any issues they have with the license wording. The license has the following features: # Users have freely available access to source code, documentation just like the GPL. # Users may use, modify, and install the software on as many computers as they want within their organization. # Any changes made by the user and others get contributed back into the base product # The developer's right to control who provides services using the product is protected. # The developer's right to control who can distribute the software is protected. # The developer has complete control over the product forking. # The developer and all contributors retain copyright of their individual works. # The software is always downloaded from the same place by the end user even if it's used as part of a larger product, protecting the quality of the software. Please feel free to contact me on or off list about this announcement. Richard Schilling