[antlr-interest] Downloading 2.8

[Evan Lavelle]

Oliver Zeigermann wrote:

> Folks!
> 
> Is this
> 
> http://www.openchannelsoftware.org/orders/index.php?group_id=339
> 
> the right way to get 2.8? Can't believe this. Who is going to sign
> that license and fax it back? 

My guess is - nobody who actually bothers to read it. It doesn't even 
make sense, and contains a number of contradictions. To start with, how 
can OCS attempt to license 'part of antlr.g'? What happens if I also 
modify antlr.g? Is this covered under the original licence, or OCS's?

Secondly, the licence grants the recipient the right to modify the code 
*only* for non-commercial "private internal purposes solely by 
recipient". You also have to agree not to assert ownership of any 
modifications (unlike OCS, which has done exactly that). But OCS then 
asserts a right "to negotiate with Recipient a separate agreement for 
the right to commercialize and/or publish Modifications"!

Evan