License:OpenDirectory

Warning: This is a non-free license!

The Open Directory License (aka dmoz.org License) is not a free documentation license. The primary problems are that your right to redistribute any given version is not permanent and that it requires the user to keep checking back at that site, which is too restrictive of the user's freedom.

Open Directory License

The Open Directory is a compilation of many different editors'
contributions.  Netscape Communications Corporation (`Netscape') owns
the copyright to the compilation of the different contributions, and
makes the Open Directory available to you to use under the following
license agreement terms and conditions (`Open Directory License').
For purposes of this Open Directory License, `Open Directory' means
only the Open Directory Project currently hosted at http://dmoz.org
(or at another site as may be designated by Netscape in the future),
and does not include any other versions of directories, even if
referred to as an `Open Directory,' that may be hosted by Netscape on
other web pages (e.g., Netscape Netcenter).

 1. Basic License.  Netscape grants you a non-exclusive, royalty-free
    license to use, reproduce, modify and create derivative works
    from, and distribute and publish the Open Directory and your
    derivative works thereof, subject to all of the terms and
    conditions of this Open Directory License.  You may authorize
    others to exercise the foregoing rights; provided, however, that
    you must have an agreement with your sublicensees that passes on
    the requirements and obligations of Sections 2 and 4 below and
    which must include a limitation of liability provision no less
    protective of Netscape than Section 6 below.

    Due to the nature of the content of the Open Directory, many third
    parties' trade names and trademarks will be identified within the
    content of the Open Directory (e.g., as part of URLs and
    description of link).  Except for the limited license to use the
    Netscape attribution in Section 2 below, nothing herein shall be
    deemed to grant you any license to use any Netscape or third party
    trademark or tradename.

 2. Attribution Requirement.  As a material condition of this Open
    Directory License, you must provide the below applicable
    attribution statements on (1) all copies of the Open Directory, in
    whole or in part, and derivative works thereof which are either
    distributed (internally or otherwise) or published (made available
    on the Internet and/or internally over any internal
    network/intranet or otherwise), whether distributed or published
    electronically, on hard copy media or by any other means, and (2)
    on any program/web page from which you directly link to/access any
    information contained within the Open Directory, in whole or in
    part, or any derivative work thereof:

      a. If the Open Directory in whole or in part, or any derivative
         work thereof, is made available via the Internet or internal
         network/intranet and/or information contained therein is
         directly accessed or linked via the Internet or internal
         network/intranet then you must provide the appropriate
         Netscape attribution statement as described in the page(s) at
         the URL(s): http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor.

      b. If the Open Directory in whole or in part, or any derivative
         work thereof, is made available on any hard copy media (e.g.,
         CD-ROM, diskette), you must place on the packaging a notice
         providing Netscape attribution as described in the page(s) at
         the URL(s): http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor.  If there is no
         `packaging', the previous attribution notice should be placed
         conspicuously such that it would be reasonably viewed by the
         recipient of the Open Directory.

      c. If you are using or distributing the Open Directory in
         modified form (i.e., with additions or deletions), you must
         include a statement indicating you have made modifications to
         it.  Such statement should be placed with the attribution
         notices required by Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above.

    Netscape grants you the non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use
    the above identified Netscape attribution statements solely for
    the purpose of the above attribution requirements, and such use
    must be in accordance with the usage guidelines that may be
    published by Netscape from time to time as part of the above URLs.
    
 3. Right To Identify Licensee.  You agree that Netscape has the right
    to publicly identify you as a user/licensee of the Open Directory.
    
 4. Errors and Changes.  From time to time Netscape may elect to post
    on the page(s) at the URL http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor certain
    specific changes to the Open Directory and/or above attribution
    statements, which changes may be to correct errors and/or remove
    content alleged to be improperly in the Open Directory.  So long
    as you are exercising the license to Open Directory hereunder, you
    agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to check the page(s)
    at the URL http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor from time to time, and
    to use commercially reasonable efforts to make the
    changes/corrections/deletion of content from the Open Directory
    and/or attribution statements as may be indicated at such URL.
    Any changes to the Open Directory content posted at the page(s) at
    the URL http://dmoz.org/become_an_editor are part of Open
    Directory.  

 5. No Warranty/Use At Your Risk. THE OPEN DIRECTORY AND ANY NETSCAPE
    TRADEMARKS AND LOGOS CONTAINED WITH THE REQUIRED ATTRIBUTION
    STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THIS OPEN DIRECTORY LICENSE AT
    NO CHARGE.  ACCORDINGLY, THE OPEN DIRECTORY AND THE NETSCAPE
    TRADEMARKS AND LOGOS ARE PROVIDED `AS IS,' WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
    KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE WARRANTIES THAT THEY ARE
    MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING.  YOU
    ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR USE, DISTRIBUTION, MODIFICATION,
    REPRODUCTION AND PUBLICATION OF THE OPEN DIRECTORY AND ANY
    DERIVATIVE WORKS THEREOF BY YOU AND ANY OF YOUR SUBLICENSEES
    (COLLECTIVELY, `YOUR OPEN DIRECTORY USE'). THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO
    YOUR OPEN DIRECTORY USE IS BORNE BY YOU. YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY
    AND HOLD NETSCAPE, ITS SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES HARMLESS FROM
    ANY CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO YOUR OPEN DIRECTORY USE.

 6. Limitation of Liability. IN NO EVENT SHALL NETSCAPE, ITS
    SUBSIDIARIES OR AFFILIATES, OR THE OPEN DIRECTORY CONTRIBUTING
    EDITORS, BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR
    CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR
    LOSS OF GOODWILL OR ANY AND ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR
    LOSSES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF, AND REGARDLESS
    OF WHETHER ANY CLAIM IS BASED UPON ANY CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHER
    LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY, RELATING OR ARISING FROM THE OPEN
    DIRECTORY, YOUR OPEN DIRECTORY USE OR THIS OPEN DIRECTORY LICENSE
    AGREEMENT.

 7. California Law. This Open Directory License will be governed by
    the laws of the State of California, excluding its conflict of
    laws provisions.


Open Directory Database RDF distribution page
http://web.archive.org/web/20101204191050/http://www.dmoz.org/rdf.html

Open Directory License Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page
web.archive.org/web/20101223005602/http://www.dmoz.org/license_faq.html