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TrueCrypt Collective License v2.0

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Rejected
👤 TrueCrypt developers🗓️ First Submitted: 2006-07-10📅 122 days💬 23 Events
Latest event👤 Tomas Novak📅 2006-11-09Discuss
Argues the clause is still needed because explicit license language is easier to enforce and trademark protection is inconsistent across countries.

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TrueCrypt Collective License Version 2.0 [Draft No.1] The TrueCrypt Collective License consists of several distinct licenses, which are contained in this document (separated by lines consisting of underscores) and which are, in this section, referred to as component licenses. Each of the component licenses applies only to (portions of) the source code file(s) in which the component license is contained or in which it is explicitly referenced, and to compiled or otherwise processed forms of such source code. None of the component licenses applies to this product as a whole, even when it uses the phrase "this product" or any other equivalent term/phrase. Unless otherwise stated, graphics and files that are not part of the source code are covered solely by the TrueCrypt License. Note: The TrueCrypt License is one of the component licenses of which the TrueCrypt Collective License consists. Anyone who uses and/or reproduces and/or modifies and/or (re)distributes any part(s) of work made available under this version of the TrueCrypt Collective License, is, by such action(s), accepting in full the responsibilities and obligations contained in the component licenses that apply to the corresponding part(s) of such work. If any term of this license is found to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other terms of this license that are found to be valid and enforceable under applicable law. ____________________________________________________________ TrueCrypt License Version 3.0 [Draft No.1] I. Definitions 1. "This Product" means the work (including, but not limited to, source code, graphics, texts, and accompanying files) made available under and covered by this version of this License, as indicated by a copyright notice attached to or included in the work. 2. "You" (or "Your") means an individual or a legal entity (e.g., a non-profit organization, commercial organization, government agency, etc.) exercising rights under this License. 3. "Modification" means any alteration of This Product, including, but not limited to, addition to or deletion from the substance or structure of This Product, and translation into another language. 4. "Your Product" means This Product modified by You, any work You derive from (or base on) This Product, any work in which You include This Product, or any respective part(s) thereof. II. Terms and Conditions for Use, Reproduction, and Distribution 1. You may copy and/or distribute This Product, provided that You do not modify any part of This Product (for terms and conditions for reproduction and distribution of modified versions of This Product, see Section III) and provided that You ensure that all the legal notices and documents (containing, e.g., the text of this License, references to this License, etc.) included with This Product are included with every copy of This Product that you make and distribute. 2. You may use This Product freely (see also Section III) on any number of computers/systems for non-commercial and/or commercial purposes. III. Terms and Conditions for Modification and Derivation of New Products 1. You may modify This Product (thus forming Your Product), derive new works from This Product or portions thereof (thus forming Your Product), include This Product or portions thereof in another product (thus forming Your Product), and You may copy and/or distribute Your Product, only if the following conditions are met (for exceptions, see Sections III.2 and III.3): a. The name of Your Product (or of Your modified version of This Product) must not contain the name TrueCrypt (for example, the following names are not allowed: TrueCrypt, TrueCrypt+, TrueCrypt Professional, iTrueCrypt, etc.) nor any of its variations that can be easily confused with the name TrueCrypt (e.g., True-Crypt, True Crypt, TrueKrypt, TruCrypt, etc.) Note: TrueCrypt is a trademark of the TrueCrypt Foundation. The goal is not to monetize the name or the product, but to protect the reputation of TrueCrypt, and to prevent support issues and other kinds of issues that might arise from the existence of similar products with the same or similar name. Even though TrueCrypt is a trademark, TrueCrypt is and will remain open-source and free software. b. The following phrases must be removed from Your Product: "A TrueCrypt Foundation Release" "Released by TrueCrypt Foundation" "This is a TrueCrypt Foundation release." c. Phrase "Based on TrueCrypt, freely available at http://www.truecrypt.org/" must be displayed by Your Product (if technically feasible) and contained in its documentation. Alternatively, if This Product or its portion You included in Your Product comprises only a minor portion of Your Product, phrase "Portions of this product are based in part on TrueCrypt, freely available at http://www.truecrypt.org/" may be displayed instead. In each of the cases mentioned above in this paragraph, "http://www.truecrypt.org/" must be a hyperlink (if technically feasible) pointing to http://www.truecrypt.org/ and you may freely choose the location within the user interface (if there is any) of Your Product (e.g., an "About" window, etc.) and the way in which Your Product will display the respective phrase. d. The complete source code of Your Product must be freely and publicly available (for exceptions, see Sections III.2 and III.3) at least until you cease to distribute Your Product. To meet this condition, it is sufficient that You merely include the source code with every copy of Your Product that you make and distribute; it is also sufficient that You merely include information (valid and correct at least until you cease to distribute Your Product) about where the source code can be freely obtained (e.g., an Internet URL, etc.) with every copy of Your Product that you make and distribute. The source code must not be deliberately obfuscated, and it must not be in an intermediate form (e.g., the output of a preprocessor). Source code means the preferred form in which a programmer would usually modify the program. e. You must not change the license and distribution terms of This Product (i.e., no part of This Product may be put under another license), except as expressly permitted or required by this License. You must keep intact all the legal notices contained in the source code files. You must include the following items with every copy of Your Product that you make and distribute: a clear and conspicuous notice stating that Your Product or portion(s) thereof is/are distributed under this version of the TrueCrypt License, a verbatim copy of this version of the TrueCrypt License (as contained herein), a clear and conspicuous notice containing information about where the included copy of the License can be found, and an appropriate copyright notice. f. You must not use the name of This Product, names of its authors, or the names of the legal entities (or informal groups) of which the authors were/are members/employees, to endorse or promote Your Product without specific prior written permission from the authors of This Product. 2. You are not obligated to comply with Sections III.1.a, III.1.b, III.1.c, and III.1.d, if all conditions specified in one of the two following paragraphs are met: a. Your Product is an operating system distribution, or other aggregate software distribution (such as a cover CD-ROM of a magazine) containing products from different sources, in which You include either This Product without any modifications or file(s) which You obtain by compiling the unmodified source code of This Product. b. You include This Product in its entirety and without any modifications (You may omit the source code of This Product) as non-integral part of Your Product (i.e., none of the main functionalities of Your Product will be affected if such non-integral part is removed) and phrase "This product utilizes TrueCrypt, freely available at http://www.truecrypt.org/" or phrase "This product includes TrueCrypt, freely available at http://www.truecrypt.org/" is displayed by Your Product (if technically feasible) and contained in its documentation. In each of the cases mentioned above in this paragraph, "http://www.truecrypt.org/" must be a hyperlink (if technically feasible) pointing to http://www.truecrypt.org/ and you may freely choose the location within the user interface (if there is any) of Your Product (e.g., an "About" window, etc.) and the way in which Your Product will display the respective phrase. 3. You are not obligated to comply with Section III.1.d if Your Product is not distributed (i.e., Your Product is available only to You). IV. Disclaimer of Warranties and Liabilities 1. THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PRODUCT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, THE PRODUCT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. 2. IN NO EVENT, UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING, WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR (CO)AUTHOR OF THIS PRODUCT, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR DISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED HEREIN, BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PARTY FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS, EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 3. THIS PRODUCT INCORPORATES IMPLEMENTATIONS OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS THAT MAY BE REGULATED (E.G., SUBJECT TO EXPORT/IMPORT CONTROL REGULATIONS) OR ILLEGAL IN SOME COUNTRIES. YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT IT IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY THAT IT IS LEGAL TO IMPORT AND/OR EXPORT AND/OR USE THIS PRODUCT (OR PARTS THEREOF) IN COUNTRIES WHERE YOU INTEND TO USE IT AND/OR TO WHICH YOU INTEND TO IMPORT IT AND/OR FROM WHICH YOU INTEND TO EXPORT IT, AND THAT IT IS SOLELY YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH ANY SUCH REGULATIONS/RESTRICTIONS. V. Trademarks This License does not grant permission to use trademarks associated with (or applying to) This Product, except for fair use as defined by applicable law and except for use expressly permitted or required by this License. TrueCrypt and the TrueCrypt logos are trademarks of the TrueCrypt Foundation. Note: The goal is not to monetize the name or the product, but to protect the reputation of TrueCrypt. TrueCrypt is and will remain open-source and free software. VI. General Terms 1. You may not modify, copy, distribute, or sublicense This Product except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to modify, copy, distribute, or sublicense This Product automatically terminates Your rights under this License. 2. Anyone who uses and/or reproduces and/or modifies and/or (re)distributes This Product, or any part(s) thereof, is, by such action(s), accepting in full the responsibilities and obligations contained in this License. 3. If any term of this License is found to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, You agree that it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other terms of this License that are found to be valid and enforceable under applicable law. ____________________________________________________________ License agreement for Encryption for the Masses. Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Paul Le Roux. All Rights Reserved. This product can be copied and distributed free of charge, including source code. You may modify this product and source code, and distribute such modifications, and you may derive new works based on this product, provided that: 1. Any product which is simply derived from this product cannot be called E4M, or Encryption for the Masses. 2. If you use any of the source code in your product, and your product is distributed with source code, you must include this notice with those portions of this source code that you use. Or, If your product is distributed in binary form only, you must display on any packaging, and marketing materials which reference your product, a notice which states: "This product uses components written by Paul Le Roux <pleroux at swprofessionals.com>" 3. If you use any of the source code originally by Eric Young, you must in addition follow his terms and conditions. 4. Nothing requires that you accept this License, as you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the product or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. 5. If any of these license terms is found to be to broad in scope, and declared invalid by any court or legal process, you agree that all other terms shall not be so affected, and shall remain valid and enforceable. 6. THIS PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED FREE OF CHARGE, THEREFORE THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. 7. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS, EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. ____________________________________________________________ LICENSE TERMS The free distribution and use of this software in both source and binary form is allowed (with or without changes) provided that: 1. distributions of this source code include the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer; 2. distributions in binary form include the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other associated materials; 3. the copyright holder's name is not used to endorse products built using this software without specific written permission. ALTERNATIVELY, provided that this notice is retained in full, this product may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), in which case the provisions of the GPL apply INSTEAD OF those given above. DISCLAIMER This software is provided 'as is' with no explicit or implied warranties in respect of its properties, including, but not limited to, correctness and/or fitness for purpose.