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Open-Source Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition Engine
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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License Conditions #29

Open Screwland opened 8 years ago

Screwland commented 8 years ago

Hi

I think Julius's license has many problems.

[ja]
3. 本ソフトウェアを利用して得られた知見に関して発表を行なう際には、
「大語彙連続音声認識エンジン Julius」を利用したことを明記して下さい。
[en]
3. When you publish or present any results by using the Software, you
must explicitly mention your use of "Large Vocabulary Continuous
Speech Recognition Engine Julius".

This clause causes a big problem. According to GPL-FAQ, Todays copyright law does not allow you to place such a requirement on the output of software, regardless of whether it is licensed under the terms of the GPL or some other license. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.ja.html#RequireCitation In addition, this condition is not adaption with Open-Source Deifinition.(i.e. Debian Free Software Guideline), since this license contaminate other works.

9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
The license must not place restrictions on other software that is distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license must not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be open-source software.

And license has another problem. For instance, this clause is not compatible with GPL.

[ja]
5. 本ソフトウェアの利用に関しては、日本国の法律を準拠法とし、京都地方
裁判所を第一審の専属管轄裁判所とします。
[en]
5. This license of use of the Software shall be governed by the laws
of Japan, and the Kyoto District Court shall have exclusive primary
jurisdiction with respect to all disputes arising with respect
thereto.

Would you change license to other famous FLOSS licese?

Regards,

LeeAkinobu commented 8 years ago

Thanks, I understand that migrating to a standard open-source license such as simplified BSD or MIT license would be great for us, but currently it is not done because of historical reasons.