Discussing a license

[Russ Nelson]

John Richard Moser writes:
 >  - Any protocols or file formats being supported can not be propriety
 > licensed

This is a tough requirement to impose without running against the Open
Source Definition.  What if somebody modifies the code to support a
file whose format documentation is proprietary?  Would you mean to
prohibit them from distributing that software?  We've always held that
you can't prohibit downstream users from making changes other than
obvious licensing-related changes like not removing the copyright or
license notice (BSD), or an interactive announcement of same (GPL).

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