Followup on Exhibit B licences

[Andrew C. Oliver]

Rick Moen wrote:
>
> My apologies for forgetting that Lawrence Rosen's excellent "Open
> Software License (OSL) v. 1.1 _also_ has language addressing ASP scenarios, 
> and likewise is already OSI-certified
> (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl.php).
>
> It grants rights for performance and display (clause 1) of the upstream
> work.  Clause 5 requires licensee to stipulate that any "external use"
> (use or distribution so that the work is accessible to others) by
> licensee qualifies as "distribution" of the software for purposes of the
> licence, tying clause 1c's copyleft obligation to such usage.
>
>   
Which is great.  We need more "IP theft" in open source, such clauses just
make sure that "IP theft" is bidirectional. :-)

-Andy
Habitual open source IP Theft perpetrator/victim

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