Bounty for Directory Opus Magellan II?

[Andre.Siegel]

Source-code purchase of GPSoftware's Directory Opus Magellan II (5.82) for free use under APL. The Name "Directory Opus Magellan", a trademark of GPSoftware, can be used on Amiga (Amiga here is 68k, Aros, MorphOS, AmigaOS) without further permission. Use of the source or trademarks any other OS is strictly prohibited except where a separate licence has been negotiated.

The AROS Public License is an open license that includes no limitations with regard to target platforms. Either a piece of software is released under the APL license or it is not. If somebody adds provisions to the APL at will, the result will be a new license that may be partially compliant, but will certainly not be the same license.

In order words, the bounty description is contradictory.

Bounty will be paid, then the source will be released and integrated "as is" into the AROS SVN.

Unless the software is released under the original AROS Public License, I would guess that it is unlikely that the source code will be accepted into the AROS SVN.

[Andre.Siegel]

Would this not qualify as a "personal" transaction, thus not subject to PayPal fees?

Absolutely not. There will always be fees.

[Andre.Siegel]

No it's not, you're mixing up copyright and trademarks. GPSoft is promising two licenses: One for the code, which will be released under the APL, and one for using the trademark, which is only valid for 68k builds. You can still do with the code whatever you want (as long as you respect the APL), but if you're compiling it for anything but 68k you can't call it Opus Magellan.

Actually, you might want to read the entire discussion. The proposed bounty terms that I objected to - as found in this discussion thread - said:

Use of the source or trademarks (on) any other OS is strictly prohibited

Based on my remarks, the bounty terms were adjusted to what is on the Power2People website and are now in full compliance with the AROS Public License...