On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Nate Carlson wrote: > http://www.sistina.com/news_42%20coming%20soon.htm (from /.). > > Reading the license, some especially annoying things: > > Sect 2.1e: > <..> Execution of the Covered Code is not restricted except that You are > prohibited from receiving a payment for, or directly or indirectly > generating revenue from, any service that uses the Covered Code to store > or retrieve data. <..> > > ^-- As I read this, if a consultant goes into a non-profit shop, and > wanted to install GFS as a file system, we wouldn't be allowed to charge > time for this installation/configuration of GFS. > > Sect 3.2: > You agree to provide Sistina with a complete copy of the Covered Code and > related documentation for Modifications created or contributed by You even > if such Modifications are not distributed in Source Code or Executable > form. > > ^-- this means that you change it internally, aren't going to distribute > it, but you have to give the changes back to them? They also go on to say > that they have the rights to do whatever they want with your > modifications! > > Am I reading this stuff right? Ben, what the heck happened out there? VC's > got you by the nuts? http://www.opengfs.org well, apparently some other people feel the same way as I do. :) Did Sistina just sign their own death warrant? Hope they get some large companies to start licensing their stuff, for their own sake.. -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500