[Fedora-legal-list] Trusster Open Source License

Shakthi Kannan shakthimaan at gmail.com
Wed Dec 30 06:53:28 UTC 2009


Hi,

Could you please clarify if the Trusster [1] Open Source License is an
acceptable Free/Open Source Software License for the Fedora project.
The Teal [2] project uses this license:

=== BEGIN ===

Trusster Open Source License version 1.0a (TRUST)
copyright (c) 2006 Mike Mintz and Robert Ekendahl.  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.
  * Redistributions in any form must be accompanied by information on
how to obtain
    complete source code for this software and any accompanying
software that uses this software.
    The source code must either be included in the distribution or be
available in a timely fashion for no more than
    the cost of distribution plus a nominal fee, and must be freely
redistributable under reasonable and no more
    restrictive conditions. For an executable file, complete source
code means the source code for all modules it
    contains. It does not include source code for modules or files
that typically accompany the major components
    of the operating system on which the executable file runs.


THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY MIKE MINTZ AND ROBERT EKENDAHL ``AS IS''
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL MIKE MINTZ AND
ROBERT EKENDAHL 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.

=== END ===

Thanks!

SK

[1] Trustter. http://www.trusster.com
[2] Teal. A Verification Utility and Connection Library.
http://www.trusster.com/products/teal/

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Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com




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