compatibility and the OSD
Chuck Swiger
chuck at codefab.com
Tue Sep 21 17:12:39 UTC 2004
Ernest Prabhakar wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
Hi, Ernie--
[ ...two test cases about OSD #2... ]
> Okay, good. So to Bob's most recent point, let's try C:
>
> C. You may:
> a) redistribute the unmodified source code freely under the terms of
> this license
> b) create binary versions of the original source code, which can be
> redistributed freely
> c) create modified versions, which can only be distributed in source
> form
>
> How does that rate?
OSD #2 says that redistribution of compiled binaries must be permitted; OSD #3
says that modifications and derived works must be permitted and the license
must allow such modifications to be redistributed, for OSD compliance.
Taken together, clause "c" violates the OSD.
--
-Chuck
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