[JDEV] Resolution of Licence issues..

[Oliver Jones]

At 02:10 AM 10/12/99 -0500, Jeremie wrote:
>> I would like to take this point and note the protocol does not need to be
>> patented or GPL'ed. (in fact, I would argue against both!)

It seems to me that your objective is to make the protocol itself
completely open to use by anyone for anything.  I don't think you should
leave this to chance, as would happen if you simply omitted any discussion
of a license.

I suggest using a similar copyright notice / permission grant to the one
the X Window System Consortium used, so that your intent is clear, and
remains clear.

Here's a paraphrase of the X notice that might be suitable for the purpose
of Jabber's protocol specification.

Copyright (c) 2000 The Jabber Team

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this Specification, to deal in the Specification without 
restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, implement, reduce
to practice, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or 
sell copies of the Specification, and to permit persons to whom the 
Specification is furnished to do so, subject to the following four
conditions:

1. The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Specification.

2. This grant of permission covers the Specification only. Any implementation
of the Specification may (or may not) be subject to other, more restrictive,
licensing terms governing the implementation's distribution and use.

3. THE SPECIFICATION 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 JABBER TEAM 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 THE SPECIFICATION OR THE USE OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SPECIFICATION.

4. Except as contained in this notice, the name of the Jabber Team shall
not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or any
other dealings in this Specification without prior written authorization
from the Jabber Team.



Oliver Jones
mailto:oj at world.std.com

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Here's the X original notice.

Copyright (c) 1989  X Consortium

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE 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 X CONSORTIUM 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 THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall
not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or
other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
from the X Consortium.