compatibility and the OSD
Ernest Prabhakar
prabhaka at apple.com
Mon Sep 20 23:41:43 UTC 2004
Hmm, just saw Rod's comments, so I'm rethinking my affirmation. The
real issue seems to be:
On Sep 20, 2004, at 4:24 PM, Bob Scheifler wrote:
> c. Any other Derivative Work can only be distributed under this
> License
> as the combination of Source Code, unmodified Test Suite, and
> unmodified Test Suite Documentation.
I believe this is morally equivalent to:
a. Any Derivative Work can only be distributed under this License
as the combination of Source Code, unmodified Test Suite, and
unmodified Test Suite Documentation.
Would this be acceptable? It seems to imply you can't make
non-compatible binary distributions.
Also, I'm not sure if requirements of delivering additional components
is a improper restriction on redistribution. What if it simply said
the following.
a. You must also include the original, unmodified Code and Related
Materials along with any distribution of the Derived Works in either
source or binary form, all of which must be under the terms of this
License.
Is that more burdensome than the GPL requirement, since the GPL gives
you the option to provide a written offer instead?
That is, I suggest we first focus on a hypothetical license which only
allows Derived Works under this restriction, then treat your
conditional as a relaxation as that.
-- Ernie P.
IANAL, IANAAL, TINLA, etc.
More information about the License-discuss
mailing list