[okfn-discuss] possible OKD conformant licence: The MirOS Licence

Mon Jul 7 11:55:24 UTC 2008

On 05/07/08 21:37, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I sent this to info@ some time ago, after learning about OSD and OKD from a
> http://symlink.ch/ article:
> 
> 
> The attached licence is the text of the MirOS Licence including commentary.
> It’s based upon the historic permission clause and the BSD licence, but op-
> timised for European law (the disclaimer: over here, you cannot disclaim e-
> verything, just almost) and no longer restricted to software (it applies to
> a “work” instead). We have been trying to get it OSI approved for a while –
> the cōnsensus on the list was that it’s obviously conformant, but it didn’t
> get approved back then due to “licence proliferation”; a board member today
> suggested me I ask for it again though – as it applies to software as well;
> I have learned today of the OKD and OSD and found our licence to qualify if
> the MIT Database Licence does.

Yes, in my view, your licence definitely qualities.

> If you think so too, please add our licence to the list of approved ones. A
> possible official web link would be: http://mirbsd.de/MirOS-Licence
> (note English spelling)

It has been done. See

   <http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses>

If you have any comments on this (want more information added) let us know.

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Regards,

Rufus Pollock