MPL 2 section 11

[Wilson, Andrew]

Lawrence Rosen wrote:

> Andy Wilson asked:
>> Which OSD tests are you thinking of?
>
> Quoting from http://www.opensource.org/osd.html:
>
> OSD # 1. Free Redistribution
>
> The license shall not restrict any party from selling or giving away the
> software as a component of an aggregate software distribution containing
> programs from several different sources. The license shall not require a
> royalty or other fee for such sale.
>
> OSD # 9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
>
> The license must not place restrictions on other software that is
> distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the license must
> not insist that all other programs distributed on the same medium must be
> open-source software.

Larry, I think it's pretty clear #1 and #9 are about the freedom to create
an anthology of heterogeneous code such as a typical Linux distribution --
not surprising, given the roots of OSD in the Debian principles.
I don't see anything in MPL2 which would restrict use of covered code in a distro.

Andy Wilson
Intel open source technology center