Viral permissiveness

[Matthew Flaschen]

Steve Thomas wrote:
> Thanks for all your replies. They've all been helpful.
> 
> Randall > I think you may want to look at the RPL-Reciprocal Public
> License-I think it may be close to what you want.
> 
> I would like "reciprocity" in the following sense: if and when parties
> make derivations or compound derivations of my code available, they
> should be on the same terms as my own original code.

This is copyleft, not permissive.  Any permissive license allows new
code to be under a different license.  I fail to see how you could draft
a license that is both copyleft and permissive.

> Nigel > MPL might be the closest in what he wants.
> I haven't had time to look yet. I'll do this, then start
> license-hacking. 

Perhaps.  MPL is not a permissive license in any sense, though.  It's a
weak copyleft.  Changes to existing files (or new files that contain
content from old files) must be released under MPL.  However, new files
can have other licenses and/or be binary-only.

Matt Flaschen