Does this BSD-like license achieve what I want it to?
- by Joseph Szymborski
I was wondering if this license is:
self defeating
just a clone of an existing, better established license
practical
any more "corporate-friendly" than the GPL
too vague/open ended
and finally, if there is a better license that achieves a similar effect?
I wanted a license that would (in simple terms)
be as flexible/simple as the "Simplified BSD" license (which is essentially the MIT license)
allow anyone to make modifications as long as I'm attributed
require that I get a notification that such a derived work exists
require that I have access to the source code and be given license to use the code
not oblige the author of the derivative work to have to release the source code to the general public
not oblige the author of the derivative work to license the derivative work under a specific license
Here is the proposed license, which is just the simplified BSD with a couple of additional clauses (all of which are bolded).
Copyright (c) (year), (author) (email)
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
met:
Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.
The copyright holder(s) must be notified of any redistributions of source code.
The copyright holder(s) must be notified of any redistributions in binary form
The copyright holder(s) must be granted access to the source code and/or the binary form of any redistribution upon the copyright
holder's request.
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"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
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