Eiffel Forum License

Infobox software license
name = Eiffel Forum License
author = [http://www.eiffel-nice.org/ NICE]
copyright=NICE
version = 2
date = 2002
OSI approved = Yes
Debian approved = Yes
Free Software = Yes
GPL compatible = Yes
copyleft = No
linking = Yes

The Eiffel Forum License (EFL) is a free software license written by [http://www.eiffel-nice.org/ NICE] , the Non-Profit International Consortium for Eiffel. Version 2 of the license, the latest as of 2008, is the first version to be GPL compatiblecite web |url=http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/ |title=Free Software Foundation - Licenses |accessdate=2007-12-31 |quote=This is a free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL.] . EFLv2 has been approved by the OSIcite web |url=http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical |title=Licenses by Name |accessdate=2007-12-31 |quote=The following licenses have been approved by the OSI via the License Review Process […] Eiffel Forum License V2.0] , and is approved as a free software license by the FSF.

License text

Eiffel Forum License, version 2 1. Permission is hereby granted to use, copy, modify and/or distribute this package, provided that: * copyright notices are retained unchanged, * any distribution of this package, whether modified or not, includes this license text. 2. Permission is hereby also granted to distribute binary programs which depend on this package. If the binary program depends on a modified version of this package, you are encouraged to publicly release the modified version of this package. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY. ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS PACKAGE.

Example application

Since this is published licence it may be referenced from a work using the following simple statement [cite web |url=http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2007Dec/0110 |title=RE: Re: ?sthetic Permissive License - For Approval |accessdate=2007-12-31 |author=Lawrence E. Rosen |quote=The McQuary limit has long ago been satisfied by the simple copyright andlicensing notice:

Copyright (C) Licensed to the public under the XXXX license.

...where XXXX is the name of an OSI-approved or CC-approved licensepublished on OSI's or CC's website.] :

Copyright 2008, Author Name, example.org Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.

References

External links

* [http://www.eiffel-nice.org/license/ The Eiffel Forum License] , eiffel-nice.org
* [http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/eiffel-forum-license-2.html Eiffel Forum License, version 2] , fsf.org
* [http://opensource.org/licenses/ver2_eiffel.php Eiffel Forum License, version 2] , opensource.org
* [http://ml.osdir.com/licenses.open-source.general/2002-12/msg00010.html Discussion on license-discuss] , ml.osdir.com
* [http://teameiffel.blogspot.com/2006/08/feedback-from-osi-legal-affairs.html Feedback from OSI legal affairs] , teameiffel.blogspot.com