Mozilla Public License 2 Alpha 3; request for early review prior to formal submission for approval

[John Cowan]

Wilson, Andrew scripsit:

> MPL does not spread beyond file boundaries, but GPL does.
> So, apparently the only license Carol has to the entire
> combination, as distributed by Bob, is GPL.

No one has ever held that if you get a tarball with mixed GPL and BSD
elements in it, meant to be compiled and linked, that you can't use
the BSD elements elsewhere under the BSD license.  Tarballs are just
collective works, whatever may be the case for compiled binaries.

> When Carol distributes her modified version of Bob's program,

She can distribute the Alice-only parts of the tarball with her
Modifications.  Says so right here in the MPL.  This is why it's important
to avoid sublicensing in verbatim transmission.

> I'm raising this question now to give Luis & co. an opportunity
> to get out in front of it, if they so choose.

Yeah, I realize that.  But I think it's answerable without regard to
particular licensing provisions.

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