Is license dennying redstribution open source?
petr.pisar at atlas.cz
petr.pisar at atlas.cz
Mon Dec 17 14:41:26 UTC 2007
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 01:56:24PM +0000, Philip Hunt wrote:
> On 12/17/07, petr.pisar at atlas.cz <petr.pisar at atlas.cz> wrote:
> >
> > Thus the licensee can do whatever he wants but he can't provide the
> > sofware to anybody else. Therefore software can only be "shared" between
> > the orginial author and first level customer.
>
> Then clearly it is not Open Source software, because the OSD requires
> that the licensee be allowed to redistribute the software.
Thanks. Could you plese point to the part of the definition which requires
such right? Is it the first item title itself (Free Redistribution) or another
paragraph implying this statement?
-- Petr
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