Sign Up Server

[Ivan Kohler]

Your license contradicts with clause 6 of the open source definition
(www.opensource.org/osd.html#clause6).

I simply wished to correct your statment that I intended to develop your
software.

A discussion of your licensing is NOT on-topic for this list. 

On Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 02:20:32PM -0500, Martin G. Bayerle wrote:
> >No, that is incorrect.  I will not be donating my Copious Free Time to the
> >development of your non-open-source software.  I apologize if I mistakenly
> >gave you that impression in some way.
> 
> Ivan,
> 
> The Minivend product, upon which our server relies, is made available 
> under GNU Public License, http://www.minivend.com/minivend/Copying.
> 
> We only request that our free Sign-Up server can be used by any ISP (IDEA 
> Member or not) on their own proprietary network.  The ONLY restriction we 
> have is that (since we incurred development costs, contracting Mike Heins 
> to do this) is as follows:
> 
> IDEA grants to Licensee the non-exclusive, non-transferable license to 
> use, transmit, reproduce and/or copy the Software for operation, 
> administration, security, host device emulation and client remote access 
> purposes within Licensee's proprietary network, provided however, that: 
> (a) such use of the Software is restricted to Licensee's proprietary 
> network, the IDEA Network(tm) and/or other IDEA sanctioned programs; (b) 
> use of the Software in conjunction with any other network, wholesale or 
> roaming service, service bureau or other revenue generating business is 
> prohibited.
> 
> In other words, although we make the server and its source freely 
> available, (as well as all of our other products), we would not want it 
> used by or be a benefit to an entity which is in direct competition to 
> our core settlement/transaction business.  Networks asing the server on 
> their own Networks is fine by us.
> 
> Martrin/IDEA

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