Simple Public License, Please Review

Justin Wells justin at semiotek.com
Thu Apr 6 07:27:03 UTC 2000


On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 11:32:46PM -0700, Bruce Perens wrote:
> From: Justin Wells <jread at semiotek.com>
>  > Subject to your license, recipients may use the 
>  > work on one or more computers, and may create backup copies of it, but may 
>  > not otherwise copy, distribute, lend, sublicense, or adapt it.
> 
> Just reading this piece in isolation, I would think it fails the OSD
> paragraph 7, but I think you mean it to apply to someone else's code,
> not yours. Right?

Right. 

These are the terms you are subject to if you link my software against 
NON-FREE software (where you keep your source code secret). 

If you are willing to publish your source code you are not restricted.

Justin




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