[License-discuss] Source-attribution licenses and Javascript compatibility
David Woolley
forums at david-woolley.me.uk
Sun May 29 09:05:01 UTC 2016
On 20/05/16 03:06, Andi McClure wrote:
> "For purposes of the above license, 'source' is defined as the
> preferred form for making modifications to the code. In other words,
> minified Javascript which is not intended to be modified does not count
> as a 'source distribution'."
>
> …and if I included such a clarifying paragraph outside the license,
> would I break the magical spell of OSI compliance which zlib normally has?
I think any such phrase would be treated as part of the licence, not
"outside" it. Text that appears outside the licence is generally in the
form of a statement of the intent of the licence, not a definition of
terms used, e.g. the preamble to the GPLs.
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