For Approval: Simple Public License (SimPL)

[Richard Fontana]

Jim Sfekas wrote:
> The SimPL has the same compatibility with other licenses as GPL, with all
> the good and bad that that entails.  It should, therefore, be compatible
> with GPL, LGPL, X11 License, etc. 

It can't be compatible with the GPL, because it has its own copyleft
provision:

> If you distribute a Derived Work, you must give back to the community by:
[...]
> - Licensing any Derived Work under the SimPL.

Also,
> The SimPL continues perpetually, except it ends automatically if:
[...]
> - A patent holder prevents you from distributing the software under the
> terms of the SimPL.

This is more restrictive than GPLv2 section 7 (on which it is presumably
modeled).

(Unless you mean something nonstandard when you speak of "compatibility".)