For Approval: Open Project Public License (OPPL)

[Alex Rousskov]

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Larry Masters wrote:

> I have seen problems in other projects where someone creates an
> program to work with another program but the source code is not
> released because it is argued that the "new program" is not derived
> from the other, which with my understanding of the GPL and US
> copyright law this could be true that the "new program" is not
> derived.
>
> Program X does this.
> Program Y does something else, but will work with Program X.

My understanding is that ones license cannot restrict something that
has not been derived from ones work. And for a good reason!

Alex.
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