BSD+1 License
Stefano Vincenzi
s_vincenzi at lavabit.com
Tue Apr 6 03:30:50 UTC 2010
What about publishing and using the software license in languages
other than english (in my case I will use italian, spanish and
english)? If the local official language is not english how much is an
english license enforcable? For reference, CC has translations in the
most used languages (even if the english version takes precedence).
The current clause:
* If any software derived from the original source code is
published and distributed as executable code, the modified source code
must be included in the distribution or made available by other means
(including but not limited to: websites and software repositories).
This applies only to source code derived directly from the original
software. Source code that is distributed with the original source
code or executable code that uses it indirectly (including but not
limited to: an inherited class or an API call), can use any other
license.
// Bani ha scritto:
>> By publishing I mean in general, the clause doesn't state "publish
>> to the
>> original author". It is implied (I know, bad idea for a license to
>> use
>> assumptions) that publishing means making the source code available.
>>
>> N/ please reply to the list also so that we don't get 2 identical
>> posts on
>> our inbox.
>
> Just keep in mind that if the code isn't distributed, then you can't
> make people publish the code if they don't want to. This has to do
> with the copyright law in U.S., which doesn't protect "personal" use.
Then the clause should include something like: "if you publish any
software derived from the original source code, you must include the
modified source code in the distribution, or make it available by
other means (including but not limited to: websites and software
repositories)."
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