MPL 2 section 11

[John Cowan]

Bruce Perens scripsit:

> Adding permissions to use under different licenses is always the right  
> of the copyright holder, and can be stated /outside of the Mozilla  
> license./ And IMO should be.

Ah, but Section 11 does more than that.  It allows the initial developer
to grant additional licenses even to code she doesn't own.  For example,
Gale can issue code under the MPLv2 as initial developer, Henri can add
code as Contributor, and Gale can pick up Henri's version and relicense
it under the Secondary Licenses.  Note that this doesn't work for
just any old licenses, but only for the Secondary Licenses enumerated
in MPLv2.

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John Cowan    http://ccil.org/~cowan    cowan at ccil.org
[T]here is a Darwinian explanation for the refusal to accept Darwin.
Given the very pessimistic conclusions about moral purpose to which his
theory drives us, and given the importance of a sense of moral purpose
in helping us cope with life, a refusal to believe Darwin's theory may
have important survival value. --Ian Johnston