[Linux-aus] Re: Fwd: Squiz.net Open Source License - is it free?

[Matt Palmer]

On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 10:15:26PM +1100, Avi Miller wrote:
> Andrew Donnellan wrote:
> >This is about the Squiz.net Open Source License, the license of the
> >MySource Matrix CMS software now used by the Federal Government. LA
> >members might be interested.
> 
> I have forwarded this email to our MD and I'll let you know if he has an 
> official response. I know our license has been the subject of much 
> discussion ever since MySource Matrix was first deployed within both 
> State and Federal Government agencies. Our license has been through 
> quite a few revisions and modifications since it was first developed and 
> we are always looking for ways to make it more agreeable to the larger 
> community, while maintaining the ability to support our own commericial 
> efforts.

There was a list of comments made regarding specific clauses of the licence
immediately prior to the message which started this thread:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/02/msg00030.html

It would probably be worth addressing the points made there, either here or
on debian-legal (although debating in that forum can be an immensely
frustrating experience for the uninitiated).

If you (or anyone from Squiz) wants advice on dealing with debian-legal in
the most productive way possible, please contact me off-list.

- Matt

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