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My name is Kenneth and I write cool Mac and iPhone software. This is my personal weblog where I post about stuff I find interesting. I usually write about Mac development, the business of shareware and the Mac community in general.
read more →Open-source licensing can be a real nightmare. Some licenses are nearly impossible to decipher, while some (namely – the GNU GPL) are just pure evil.
I have been trying to find a software license which, like the Creative Commons Attribution license, would let the licensee do pretty much anything with the software, except it would require attribution in a meaningful way. That is to say, documentation and/or credits of any derivative work.
The MIT license came closest to this, and it is the base on which the Azure License was written.
A good way to give attribution, as required by the license, would be a friendly “Contains code by Copyright Holder [linked]” or “Special thanks to Copyright Holder [linked]” in the about box.
Without further ado, the Azure License:
The Azure License
Copyright (c) {year} {copyright holders}
Attribute to {individual or group name} - {link}
You (the licensee) are hereby granted permission, free of charge, to deal in this software or source code (this “Software”) without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sublicense this Software, subject to the following conditions:
You must give attribution to the party mentioned above, by name and by hyperlink, in the about box, credits document and/or documentation of any derivative work using a substantial portion of this Software.
You may not use the name of the copyright holder(s) to endorse or promote products derived from this Software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THIS SOFTWARE.
http://seoxys.com/azure-license/
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