[dink-develop] Windemere License v. 1.0

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Hi all.

If you look at the CVS logs you may notice I updated every single file 
with the BSD license.  That was a mistake as I later discovered SDL had 
the LGPL for a license rather than the GPL.  So, that means, here's what 
we need to do to be able to have our own license:

SDL:
* Allow the license to provide modification of a work as well as reverse 
engineering for "debugging purposes" as specified in section 6, 
paragraph 1 of the LGPL version 2.1.
* Supply a copy of the LGPL along with the program.
* Include the copyright notice for the library on a copyright display 
screen.

FT:
* Include the FreeType Public License in a file named "FPL.TXT".
* Include the copyright notice for the library on a copyright display 
screen.

That's it!  That's what the 8 pages of LGPL and 2 pages of FTL said.

Now, I got so tired of looking for a suitable license that I just wrote 
one.  Here it is:

Windemere License v. 1.0
------------------------

1. Definitions

"License" - This Windemere License version 1.0.
"Original Work" - The original work of authorship.
"Licensor" - The Windemere Team.
"Licensee" - You, the end-user.
"Windemere" - The Original Work originally distributed by Andrew 
Reading, Francis Woodhouse,
and Jonathan Manning.

2. Applications

This License covers the Original Work created by Licensor, copyright (c) 
2003, 2004 by
Andrew Reading, Francis Woodhouse, and Jonathan Manning.  All rights 
reserved except as
specified below.

3. No Warranty

WINDEMERE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 
EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES 
OF MERCHANTABILITY, ASSURANCE THAT THE ORIGINAL WORK IS FREE OF DEFECTS, 
FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING.  BY ACCEPTING THIS 
LICENSE, YOU, THE END-USER, AGREE THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND 
PERFORMANCE OF THE ORIGINAL WORK IS YOURS.

4. Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES NOR LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER TORT (INCLUDING 
NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO ANY 
PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 
OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF 
GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, AND COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

5. The Licensor Grant

  5.1.  The license.

  Licensor hereby grants Licensee a world-wide, non-exclusive, 
royalty-free, perpetual
license to do the following:

    a) to reproduce, modify, debug, and disassemble or otherwise 
reverse-engineer the Original Work in copies;
    b) to prepare derivative works (hereafter referred to as "Derivative 
Works") based upon the Original Work;
    c) to distribute copies of the Original Work and Derivative Works to 
the public, with the proviso that the distributions of the Original Work 
and Derivatave Works that Licensee distributes be licensed under this 
License; and
    d) to perform and display the Original Work publicly.

  5.2. Termination

  Rights of Licensee as described under 5.1a, 5.1b, 5.1c, and 5.1d above 
are subject to
termination if the following conditions are not met:

    5.2.1. Attribution

      a) Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 
notice, this list of  conditions, this license (in an easily-accessible 
location), and the disclaimers found under sections 3 and 4;
      b) Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above 
copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the disclaimers found in 
sections 3 and 4 in the documentation and/or other materials provided 
with the distribution.

    5.2.2. Derivatives

      c) Altered source or binary versions, whether derived directly or 
indirectly, must be plainly marked as such with a prominent statement 
stating the Derivatave Works are based, either in part or in full, of 
the work of the Windemere Team.  Names of "Windemere Engine" and 
"Windemere Project" are recommended, but not required;
      d) Licensee shall also include a detailed file, to either source 
or binary versions, documenting any and all changes made to the modified 
version along with the date of such change.

    5.2.3. Endorsement

      e) Neither the name of the Windemere Team nor the names of its 
contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from 
this software without specific prior written permission.

6. Acceptance

Licensee is not required to accept the terms of this license as he or 
she has not signed it, however any rights granted by this license will 
be forfeited by law.  Licensee agrees to accept these terms 
automatically upon the execution or compilation of the Original Work.

7. U.S. Government End Users

The Covered Code is a "commercial item," as that term is defined in 48 
C.F.R. 2.101 (Oct. 1995), consisting of "commercial computer software" 
and "commercial computer software documentation," as such terms are used 
in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (Sept. 1995). Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 
48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4 (June 1995), all U.S. Government 
End Users acquire Covered Code with only those rights set forth herein.

8. License Application

The contents of this file are subject to the Windemere License Version 
1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with 
the License. You may obtain a copy of the License in the "LICENSE" file.

Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Andrew Reading
Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Francis Woodhouse
Copyright (c) 2003-2004 Jonathan Manning

WINDEMERE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, 
EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES 
OF MERCHANTABILITY, ASSURANCE THAT THE ORIGINAL WORK IS FREE OF DEFECTS, 
FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING.  BY ACCEPTING THIS 
LICENSE, YOU, THE END-USER, AGREE THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND 
PERFORMANCE OF THE ORIGINAL WORK IS YOURS.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES NOR LEGAL THEORY, WHETHER TORT (INCLUDING 
NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO ANY 
PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 
OF ANY CHARACTER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF 
GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, AND COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION.

[END OF LICENSE]

What do you think?

--Andrew