MPL Beta 1 Section 10 is an additional permission, not a restriction
Alexander Terekhov
alexander.terekhov at gmail.com
Wed Dec 8 10:26:24 UTC 2010
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Russ Nelson <nelson at crynwr.com> wrote:
> Alexander Terekhov writes:
> > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Luis Villa <lvilla at mozilla.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Our intent is that Beta 1 Section 10 (was Section 11) is an additional
> > > permission on top of the base, OSI-compatible file-level copyleft. It
> >
> > Well, thus far, poor programmers got to deal with various copylefts
> > (and non-copylefts) such as:
> >
> > "real copyleft" (GPL), "strong copyleft" (GPL), "not a strong
> > copyleft" (whatever). "non-copyleft" (a bad thing), and such pearls
> > as "simple, permissive non-copyleft free software license" or "a free
> > software license, partially copyleft but not really"
> >
> > all demonstrating a real artistry in playing with the word "copyleft"
> > now expanded with yet another copyleft:
> >
> > "OSI-compatible file-level copyleft"
> >
> > What an exciting development.
>
> Inflammatory. Clean it up or take a hike.
What does the term "OSI-compatible file-level copyleft" mean to you?
I've got no idea what it means.
Can you help me?
regards,
alexander.
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