Are implicit dual-licensing agreements inherently anti-open?

Alex Bligh alex at alex.org.uk
Wed Jul 13 23:09:12 UTC 2005



--On 13 July 2005 18:53 -0400 Mark Shewmaker <mark at primefactor.com> wrote:

> And in my mind, if you can't *merge* two code bases licensed under the
> same license, then that license doesn't really fit in with the spirit of
> Open Source requirements.

Technically speaking that's true with any license that has a
differentiated ID and contributor grant.

In practice, that's far EASIER with the OVPL - if the ID's agree, there
is none of the normal ambiguity.

Alex



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