OpenLDAP license
Derek Seabury
Derek.Seabury at speechworks.com
Thu Apr 12 19:44:06 UTC 2001
Derek Seabury wrote:
>
>
>> The MPL, for example, explicitly allows software executables to be
>> distributed under a license other than the MPL (MPL section 3.6). So it is
>> perfectly possible to contemplate, say, a binary Mozilla distribution
>> being distributed under a license prohibiting redistribution of the
>> binaries.
>
> This isn't true. MPL 1.1 section 3.2 states:
Ooops. It is true... Thought I read source. So yes, you could prohibit
people from distributing the
binaries but allow the code to go out. And in turn, anyone who got the code
could compile it and
distribute the binaries freely... so it doesn't seem to be a 'very bad thing.'
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