Customized license for an AUR package

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yesterday I stumbled upon a very cool LaTeX package for creating commutative diagrams. I found it very useful and thus wanted to create an AUR package for it, but unfortunately it has a somewhat unusual license. Here it is:
%% COPYRIGHT NOTICE: %
%% This package may be copied and used freely for any academic %
%% (not commercial or military) purpose, on condition that it %
%% is not altered in any way, and that an acknowledgement is %
%% included in any published work making substantial use of it. %
%% IT IS SUPPLIED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. %
%% If you are doing something where mistakes cost money (or where %
%% success brings financial profit) then you must use commercial %
%% software, not this package. In any case, please remember to %
%% keep several backup copies of all files, and check everything %
%% visually before sending final copy to the publishers. %
%% You may use this package as a (substantial) aid to writing an %
%% academic research or text book on condition that %
%% (i) you contact me at a suitable time to ensure that you have %
%% an up-to-date version (and any infelicities can be fixed), %
%% (ii) you send me a copy of the book when it's published. %
Also the source code is mostly kind of closed (you might take a look at http://www.paultaylor.eu/diagrams/diagrams.sty ). I contacted the author and asked whether it would be possible to change the license to some similar but more common license. Unfortunately it seems that the code needs much clean up before it can be published and the author doesn't have the time and resources to take care of it. Thus a closed license similar to the current license would be needed.
So I'd like to ask whether there is a common license similar to the above and if not, whether I can still create an AUR package for it (and what license I should use in this case).
Thanks,
PhotonX
Last edited by PhotonX (2012-07-06 08:42:42)

I don't know if it is commonly used for software/code, but I don't think a creative commons license requires source distribution while an "Attribution + Noncommercial + NoDerivatives (by-nc-nd)" creative commons license seems to provide the restrictions the author is aiming for. This would allow for the use of a clear and established license.
Note: I just found a CC FAQ that advises against using it for software. Though the reason seems to be that the license does not make any specific mention of source/object code thus it is not an open source license. However, if one want's a closed license, that may do it ... it's at least worth considering.
It also may be worth considering whether the code in this project uses previously GPL'ed code/tools which I'm pretty sure it would. If that's the case then I believe it must also be GPL. ("I beleive" = don't take my word on this ... but this should be looked into).
EDIT: come to think of it, no actual "software" is being distributed as there is no compiled version of this. What is being distributed is a document. It is a style document with instructions that are interpreted by other software. That other software could be, but need not be, a GPL'ed latex compiler. It could be any sort of markup compiler that can work with latex-like instructions. Anyhow, the point is what is to be protected is not a resulting program, but the text contents of the sty document itself. Thefore a simpler document copyright would be more fitting than a software license, wouldn't it? So, I would recommend a creative commons variant. This allows others to use his sty document while (optionally) requiring attribution, disallowing modification of the sty document, and disallowing commercial use.
EDIT2: following from the above, with a comparison - this is like distrubuting campaigns or other plugins for the GPL'ed game Battle for Wesnoth. The artwork can be, and often is, under a more restrictive copyright of the author/creator. A sty document seems more like the artwork and added levels of Wesnoth than additional software.
EDIT3: another comparison would be distributed CSS styles. These are (if anything) under document copyright not software license.
Last edited by Trilby (2012-07-06 14:29:51)

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