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

Wilson, Andrew andrew.wilson at intel.com
Sat Nov 20 00:17:03 UTC 2010


John Cowan wrote:
> Andrew Wilson wrote:
>> 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.

Sorry, but in this scenario I clearly posit the case where Bob
creates not simply an archive but a linked executable
which is distributed under GPL, thus triggering GPL
requirements to release the complete corresponding source
under GPL.  (to Carol)

As we know, there has been debate for a number of years about
which license applies to Carol's modifications in this scenario with GPL+BSD.
Trying to head that off at the proverbial pass for GPL+MPL2.

Andy Wilson
Intel open source technology center




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