Re: OpenTCP/http_server.c

Hi David

Please read - 'all source code is distributed and may be modified in any 
way by the user' - I was not aware that the words "open source" are 
trademarked (I was told by many that it was suitable to describe the 
fact, although none of these were lawyers...;-) ) but I will avoid using 
these two world together in the future so that I don't have to study any 
legal details. We don't want to claim any agreements as defined by the 
Open Source Initiative, that is why we don't state this - we do give 
free code and free support to many individuals and educational 
establishments: I personally spend on average several hours a day giving 
free help (Email and sometimes telephone). This helps us to understand 
the areas the project is used in any also to add the features most 
requested, as well as solving any problems found (the more users giving 
feedback the better the code...), which benefits all users, including 
the commercial users, who do pay a contribution to use the code base in 
their 'for profit' products as well as receiving preferrential support 
for up to 1 year.

The uTasker has its own license which states that the code should not be 
passed on to others without them first having agreed to the licensing 
terms. The terms are mainly to ensure that we don't get sued by any user 
who finds a bug in the code - liability clause - and things like, it may 
not be used for development for "Products of war", land mines etc. - 
this is in fact a requisit of Freescale since we have to ensure this use 
is restricted according to our Freescale Allicance Partner agreement!

To summarise: if there are legal restrictions on using the words "Open 
Source" to describe the form of the software I withdraw that and request 
everyone to disgard any references to these words in preference to the 
statement above. I hope that the this doesn't detract from the fact that 
we do freely give several years of development work to anyone interested 
in 'joining' the community.

Regards

Mark

hhtp://www.uTasker.com


David Brown schrieb:
>
>
> I'm sure your stack is good software, and good value for money - but 
> unless I am missing something major, it is completely wrong to 
> describe it as "open source".  The term "open source" is a trademarked 
> term with a specific definition, precisely to stop people calling 
> their software "open source" and confusing users.
>
> http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php
>
> It is perfectly possible to provide software stacks as true open 
> source, and make a business out of it (such as providing paid-for 
> alternative licenses, or selling support contracts).  It is also 
> perfectly possible to make a business selling non-open-source 
> software.  But it is not reasonable to sell or even give away code 
> with proprietary and restrictive licenses (no matter how reasonable 
> and fair the license) and mislabel it as "open source".
>
> Since your website makes no claims that the software is open source, I 
> assume this was just a typo in your post.
>
> I'm not trying to say there is anything wrong with your software or 
> your license - it's just that for some users, the essential freedoms 
> involved in true open source and/or free (as in speech, not as in 
> beer) licenses are important.
>
> mvh.,
>
> David
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