Re: [school-discuss] Open source security is cool for schools

[Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:46 AM 10/4/2005, you wrote:
> You know everything about it I know, Daniel.  If you find out more, be 
> sure to post it here.
> Doug

OK, I found this nice Swiss report comparing software licenses for 
Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure packages that includes the 
Shibboleth license as well as GNU GPL and Lesser GPL.

www.switch.ch/aai/docs/AAI_Software_Licenses.pdf

The Shibboleth License, Version 1., Copyright (c) 2002
University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc., All rights 
reserved

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
modification, are permitted
provided that the following conditions are met (then a list of inclusion of 
copyright info, not using the name Shibboleth on derivative work, etc.)

In contrast, from the OpenOffice license 
page:  http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/lgpl_license.html

"Most GNU software, including some libraries, is covered by the ordinary 
GNU General Public License. This license, the GNU Lesser General Public 
License, applies to certain designated libraries, and is quite different 
from the ordinary General Public License. We use this license for certain 
libraries in order to permit linking those libraries into non-free programs.

When a program is linked with a library, whether statically or using a 
shared library, the combination of the two is legally speaking a combined 
work, a derivative of the original library. The ordinary General Public 
License therefore permits such linking only if the entire combination fits 
its criteria of freedom. The Lesser General Public License permits more lax 
criteria for linking other code with the library."

Regards,
Daniel