RE: [jcvs] Question (licensing discussion)

[Tim Endres <time@trustice.com>]

> Tim: version 5.3.1 uses MindBright to do ssh right? Does this mean the new
> version cannot be used for commercial/govermental use?
> 
> MindTerm is only available for free as a one-time, single-user binary
> license for personal, non-commercial, non-profit, non-governmental use.
> 
> MindTerm is available for commercial, governmental, and profit-making use
> under an OEM license agreement ONLY. This OEM license agreement includes the
> use of the sources
> 
> Thanks,

That is not how I read their license. Below I have attached section 2, which
defines my license to use and distribute the code. I believe that I have met
each condition.

tim.

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2    Permitted Use and Restrictions

     Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Licensor hereby
     grants You, effective on the date You accept this License by downloading,
     installing or using the Original Code, a world-wide, royalty-free,
     non-exclusive license, to the extent of Licensor Applicable Patent Rights
     and copyrights covering the Original Code, to do the following:

     You may yourself use, reproduce, display and perform Original Code solely
     for your internal R&D and/or Personal and Non-Commercial Use, provided
     that You

2.1  retain and reproduce in all copies of Original Code the copyright and
     other proprietary notices and disclaimers, including any warranty
     disclaimer, of Licensor as they appear in the Original Code, and keep
     intact all notices in the Original Code that refer to this License and
     any warranty disclaimer contained in this License.

2.2  You may modify, distribute and bundle Original Code, with or without
     modifications, with other software, provided that in each instance:

     (a) You must retain and reproduce in all copies of Original Code the
         copyright and other proprietary notices and disclaimers, including
         any warranty disclaimer, of Licensor as they appear in the Original
         Code, and keep intact all notices in the Original Code that refer to
         this License and any warranty disclaimer contained in this License;

     (b) You must include a copy of this License, including procedures for
         acceptance or non-acceptance of the same, with every copy of Covered
         Code and documentation You distribute, and You may not offer or
         impose any terms that alter or restrict this License or the
         recipients' rights hereunder, except as permitted under Section 6;

     (c) You must duplicate, to the extent it does not already exist, the
         notice in Exhibit A in each file of the Source Code of all Your
         Modifications, and cause the modified files to carry prominent
         notices stating that You changed the files and the date of any
         change;

     (d) You must make Source Code of all Your Deployed modifications
         publicly available under the terms of this License, including the
         license grants set forth in Section 3 below, for as long as you
         Deploy the Covered Code or twelve (12) months from the date of
         initial Deployment, whichever is longer. You should preferably
         distribute the Source Code of Your Deployed Modifications
         electronically (e.g. download from a web site); 

     (e) If You Deploy Covered Code in object code, executable form only,
         You must include a prominent notice, in the code itself as well as in
         related documentation, stating that Source Code of the Covered Code
         is available under the terms of this License with information on how
         and where to obtain such Source Code;

     (f) You may not charge anything for the Program or any of the Covered
         Code, except for a reasonable handling fee and you must cause any
         code that you distribute or publish, that is work based on the
         Program, in whole or in part, to be licensed as a whole at no charge
         under the terms of this License; and

     (g) You may not distribute Covered Code as part of a commercial product
         or intended to be used together with a specific commercial product.