MARCO GSRC T2 Fabrics: Bookshelf

Copyright Issues

Discussion
In light of the success of the "Berkeley model" for open software release and distribution, as well as discussions among the MARCO GSRC investigators (dating back to late 1997), the MARCO GSRC Bookshelf strongly supports a policy of free and open distribution of all Bookshelf entries. We will strongly support a practice of data models and data interchange formats being freely provided with respect to both syntax and interface (API). Releases of implementations (whether in library, executable or source code form) should also be freely usable. The following is the "MIT license" that we are using to distribute MARCO GSRC Bookshelf software (including but not limited to source code and documentation).

"MIT license" (aka "X consortium license")

  Copyright (c) {year} {copyright holders}.

  Contact author(s): {address} and/or {email}
  Affiliationss: {institution}

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

Resources

opensource.org - a trove of information, including approved opensource licenses
The Open Source Licensing Page --- introduces into the subject, lists and categorizes major open source licenses and relevant organizations, discusses open source business models, references "The Cathedral and The Bazaar" article by Eric Raymond.
Comprehensive open-source listings at netscape and yahoo.