OpenSource License Validation [closed]
- by Macmade
I'm basically looking for some kind of FLOSS/OpenSource license validation service.
I have special needs for some projects I'd like to open-source.
I know there's actually tons of different FLOSS/OpenSource licenses, each one suitable for some specific purpose, and that creating a «new» one is not something recommended, usually.
Anyway, even if I'm not an expert in the legal domain, I've got some experience with FLOSS/OpenSource, at a legal level, and it seems there's just no license covering my needs.
I actually wrote the license terms I'd like to use, and contacted the FSF, asking them to review that license, as it seems (at least that's written on their website) they can do such review work.
No answer. I tried repetitively, but no luck.
So I'm currently looking for an alternate legal expertise about that specific license.
I don't mind paying such a service, as long as I can be sure the license can be recognised as a FLOSS/OpenSource license.
About the license, it's basically a mix of a BSD (third-clause) with a BOOST software license.
The difference is about redistribution. Source code redistribution shall retain the copyright novices. The same applies for binary redistribution (like BSD), unless it's distributed as a library (more like BOOST).
I hope this question is OK for programmers.stackexchange.
I'm usually more active on StackOverflow, but it just seems the right place for such a question.
So thank you for your time and enlightened advices. : )
