Another interesting article on Open Source

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-license2/?ca=dgr-lnxw01OS-Licensing

Interesting quote from the article:

In particular, all open source licenses share five fundamental intents
(borrowed from attorney Lawrence Rosen's book Open Source Licensing:
Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law and used with
permission):

1. Licensees are free to use open source software for any purpose
whatsoever.
2. Licensees are free to make copies of open source software and are
free to distribute those copies without payment of royalties to a
licensor.
3. Licensees are free to create derivative works of open source
software and are free to distribute those works without payment of
royalties to a licensor.
4. Licensees are free to access and use the source code of open source
software.
5. Licensees are free to combine open source and other software.

Does *your* favorite open source license follow these rules?
Cheers,
Randy Hyde

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