Also, your desire to make a simpler gpl will just mean another minority license that no one will adopt. If it is just a simpler gpl, why not use the gpl and get access to billions of lines of code already under that license, after all.
<br><br>By proposing new licenses, you muddy the waters and slow the adoption and creation of free software and open source software. the world doesn't need more licenses, it needs way less.<br><br>Chirs<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 3/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Fontana</b> <<a href="mailto:fontana@softwarefreedom.org">fontana@softwarefreedom.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Jim Sfekas wrote:<br>> The SimPL has the same compatibility with other licenses as GPL, with all<br>> the good and bad that that entails. It should, therefore, be compatible<br>> with GPL, LGPL, X11 License, etc.
<br><br>It can't be compatible with the GPL, because it has its own copyleft<br>provision:<br><br>> If you distribute a Derived Work, you must give back to the community by:<br>[...]<br>> - Licensing any Derived Work under the SimPL.
<br><br>Also,<br>> The SimPL continues perpetually, except it ends automatically if:<br>[...]<br>> - A patent holder prevents you from distributing the software under the<br>> terms of the SimPL.<br><br>This is more restrictive than GPLv2 section 7 (on which it is presumably
<br>modeled).<br><br>(Unless you mean something nonstandard when you speak of "compatibility".)<br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Open Source Programs Manager, Google Inc.<br>Google's Open Source program can be found at
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