MPL 2 section 11

Schmitz, Patrice-Emmanuel patrice-emmanuel.schmitz at be.unisys.com
Tue Nov 23 16:17:58 UTC 2010


John Cowan scripsit:

> Schmitz, Patrice-Emmanuel scripsit:
> 
> > I naively believe that option 2 is the right one from MF point of
> > view and that the value of FOSS software increases when it is the most
> > widely used, not when restricting this freedom of use.
> 
> Well, that's why permissive licenses exist, but the MPL is not one
> of them.

Exactly, John! This is the reason why interoperability must be implemented between the most used copyleft licenses, meaning MPL, OSL, GPL, EUPL, Eclipse. The list is small and there is no need for extending to permissive licenses, which have their own utility and do not have copyleft conflict issues.

Best regards,
Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz
Legal expert, www.osor.eu 



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