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Legal issues (was: Re: NSScrollView/NSClipView resizing. (fwd) <VirusChe
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Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf |
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Legal issues (was: Re: NSScrollView/NSClipView resizing. (fwd) <VirusChecked>) |
Date: |
Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:58:59 +0100 |
>while the "same" MacOSX Examples sources contain:
IMPORTANT: This Apple software is supplied to you by Apple
Computer, Inc. ("Apple") in consideration of your agreement to the
following terms, and your use, installation, modification or
redistribution of this Apple software constitutes acceptance of
these terms. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not
use, install, modify or redistribute this Apple software.
In consideration of your agreement to abide by the following
terms, and subject to these terms, Apple grants you a personal,
non-exclusive license, under AppleĆs copyrights in this original
Apple software (the "Apple Software"), to use, reproduce, modify
and redistribute the Apple Software, with or without
modifications, in source and/or binary forms; provided that if
you redistribute the Apple Software in its entirety and without
modifications, you must retain this notice and the following text
and disclaimers in all such redistributions of the Apple
Software. Neither the name, trademarks, service marks or logos
of Apple Computer, Inc. may be used to endorse or promote products
derived from the Apple Software without specific prior written
permission from Apple. Except as expressly stated in this notice,
no other rights or licenses, express or implied, are granted by
Apple herein, including but not limited to any patent rights that
may be infringed by your derivative works or by other works in
which the Apple Software may be incorporated.
The Apple Software is provided by Apple on an "AS IS" basis.
APPLE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT,
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING
THE APPLE SOFTWARE OR ITS USE AND OPERATION ALONE OR IN
COMBINATION WITH YOUR PRODUCTS.
IN NO EVENT SHALL APPLE BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
OF THE USE, REPRODUCTION, MODIFICATION AND/OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE
APPLE SOFTWARE, HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER UNDER THEORY OF
CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR
OTHERWISE, EVEN IF APPLE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.
>in addition to the Copyright... All rights reserved.
>
>Therefore, while we could put a copy of the MacOSX Examples on GNUstep
>site and have them compile and run on GNUstep, we cannot distribute
>any modified copy.
Could you explain that a little bit closer? Where exactly is the pitfall?
I as a layman in law read that completely different:
In consideration of your agreement to abide by the following
terms, and subject to these terms, Apple grants you a personal,
non-exclusive license, under Apple's copyrights in this original
Apple software (the "Apple Software"), to use, reproduce, modify
and redistribute the Apple Software, with or without
modifications, in source and/or binary forms;
that would I interpret as the right to do nearly everything with that
software. The only terms I don't know of what exactly they should express
are: "personal,
non-exclusive license" and "under Apple's copyrights in this original Apple
software (the "Apple
Software")"
provided that if
you redistribute the Apple Software in its entirety and without
modifications, you must retain this notice and the following text
and disclaimers in all such redistributions of the Apple
Software.
doesn't that mean (implicit) that if you modify that examples you aren't
forced to retain this notice?
Neither the name, trademarks, service marks or logos
of Apple Computer, Inc. may be used to endorse or promote products
derived from the Apple Software without specific prior written
permission from Apple. Except as expressly stated in this notice,
no other rights or licenses, express or implied, are granted by
Apple herein, including but not limited to any patent rights that
may be infringed by your derivative works or by other works in
which the Apple Software may be incorporated.
Well, that reads very poisonous. But isn't that mainly the protection of
their trademarks and stuff from missuse and the protection of patent
issues in which they won't get involved. Please correct me if I am wrong
here, as i said I am a layman in that area. If that license really keeps
one from open sourcing derived work I wan't to know that since I planned
to use some examples from apple
(http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/Sample_Code/Cocoa/Moriarity.htm a Cocoa
GUI that wraps command-line functionality) for an open source project.
greetings, Lars
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