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My comments inline, below:<br>
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Lawrence Rosen wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font color="black"
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Timothy
McIntyre wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Wherever
software
distribution is mentioned in the license, we added the phrase "or
otherwise makes available," in order to cover passive types of
distribution, such as with ASPs. This modification to the MPL also
appears in the CDDL.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I'm curious why you believe
that the phrase "or
otherwise makes available" is sufficient to plug the ASP loophole and
to
require that the source code of <i><span style="font-style: italic;">internal</span></i>
modifications of licensed software must be disclosed simply because the
software is accessed over a network? Is that phrase clearly defined in
the
CDDL? Or is there some commonly understood meaning that is found in
legal
authorities? Your interpretation may be surprising to Sun (who owns the
CDDL) and
its customers, who probably do not expect that CDDL-licensed software
is
subject to an ASP provision. Perhaps one of Sun's attorneys here can
clear this
up.</span></font></p>
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According to Sun's own explanation of the CDDL, "[w]herever software
distribution is mentioned, [we] added the phrase “or
otherwise makes available” to cover passive types of distribution, such
as with ASPs." This explanation is posted on their website at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.sun.com/cddl/CDDL_why_details.html">http://www.sun.com/cddl/CDDL_why_details.html</a><br>
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