<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD><TITLE>RE: Question on OSD #5</TITLE>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Lawrence Rosen wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>></STRONG>What's wrong with that? Do we need a new license for that?<BR></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>I dunno. Is there a weak copyleft license with that provision and a weak patent grant </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>clause? The only </FONT></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>thing I think might be controversial is the weak patent clause part.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>I'm no fan of reinventing the wheel. If I can use a permissive license then ECL v2 is </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>fine by me and there's no proliferation issue.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Nigel</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>