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Thanks very much for given Maria this pointer. You're very right that
the mpl licensing list at mozilla gets more people looking at it for
MPL questions that this list does, but Luis and I do try to watch this
list as well.<br>
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Mitchell<br>
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On 4/2/10 12:50 PM, Smith, McCoy wrote:
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MPL is undergoing revision right now, you might want to
post your question on the revision site: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://mpl.mozilla.org/">http://mpl.mozilla.org/</a>
If that section is unclear, they’d probably want to clarify it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> Maria
Magliano
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:maria@aet-law.com">mailto:maria@aet-law.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 02, 2010 12:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:license-discuss@opensource.org">license-discuss@opensource.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> What does "new" mean in Section 1.9 (b) of the MPL v
1.1.?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hi Everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I’m trying to
understand what the term “new” means in the MPL definition of a
“Modification” in Section 1.9. (b) (I reproduce the entire
definition below for reference). Does “new” mean a file that,
apart from the MPL-covered code, did not exist previously (i.e.
anywhere in the
universe?) or, does it also mean a file that may already exist but was
not
previously combined with MPL-covered code (so that “new” refers to
the novel combination of the two)? I’m trying to make sure that
pre-existing proprietary code is not considered as being “new”
under that subsection by being combined with MPL-covered code for the
first
time. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Thoughts?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN">1.9.
"Modifications" <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN">means any addition to or deletion
from the substance or structure of
either the Original Code or any previous Modifications. When Covered
Code is
released as a series of files, a Modification is: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN"><span style="">a.<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;"
lang="EN">Any addition to or deletion from the contents
of a file containing Original Code or previous Modifications. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN"><span style="">b.<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10pt;"
lang="EN">Any new file that contains any part of the
Original Code or previous Modifications. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN">Maria<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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