[ I am not subscribed to debian-legal, please keep me in the CC; M-F-T set accordingly ]
I have filed an ITP for QuickFIX (c.f. #642268). As I was looking over
the license, I figured that it was just a standard BSD w/ advertising
clause. When I looked a little closer, I saw 5 clauses instead of 4,
which looked like the advertising clause had been split into two parts.
However, the final clause left me scratching my head (the complete
license is at the end of my email):
5. Products derived from this software may not be called "QuickFIX",
nor may "QuickFIX" appear in their name, without prior written
permission of quickfixengine.org
I am not really sure if this provision makes QuickFIX unsuitable for
main. Is the Debian package a "product derived from this software" in
the sense meant by the license? What do others think about this? I
thought it might fall under "integrity of the author's source code."
But I am not so sure.
Regards,
-Roberto
---------8<----------Complete license text follows---------->8---------
The QuickFIX Software License, Version 1.0
Copyright (c) 2001-2010 quickfixengine.org 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 disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
distribution.
3. The end-user documentation included with the redistribution,
if any, must include the following acknowledgment:
"This product includes software developed by
quickfixengine.org (http://www.quickfixengine.org/)."
Alternately, this acknowledgment may appear in the software itself,
if and wherever such third-party acknowledgments normally appear.
4. The names "QuickFIX" and "quickfixengine.org" must
not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
software without prior written permission. For written
permission, please contact a...@quickfixengine.org
5. Products derived from this software may not be called "QuickFIX",
nor may "QuickFIX" appear in their name, without prior written
permission of quickfixengine.org
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL QUICKFIXENGINE.ORG OR
ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.
--
Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com
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