For Approval: CUA Office Public License

[Mahesh T. Pai]

Patranun Limudomporn said on Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 02:19:57PM +0700,:

 > (d)  Notwithstanding Section  2.1(b)  above, no  patent license  is
 > granted: 1)  for code  that You delete  from the Original  Code; 2)
 > separate from the Original Code; or 3) for infringements caused by:
 > i) the modification of the  Original Code or ii) the combination of
 > the Original Code with other software or devices.

I recall reading on debian legal (2) is considered not free by debian.
see the debian-legal archives.   The consensus was that this provision
prevents code reuse in other applications.

The discussion on Debian-legal came  up in the context of Nokia Public
license.  Mozilla,  the application is  considered free because  it is
dual licensed under the MPL and GPL.

The debian-legal archive is at http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/

If you  wish to have your package  carried in Debian, you  may wihs to
cross check on that list too.

 > (d) Notwithstanding Section 2.2(b) above, no patent license is
 > granted: 1) for any code that Contributor has deleted from the
 > Contributor Version; 2) separate from the Contributor Version;

Again. See above.



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