[License-review] [Bulk] Re: Request for Approval : Modular Open-source Software License (MOSL)

[Hadrien Grasland]

On 09/25/2012 08:44 PM, Bruce Perens wrote:
> On 09/25/2012 11:14 AM, Hadrien Grasland wrote:
>>
>> Really ? I would have thought that the second line of these licenses 
>> ("Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
>> modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 
>> are met: ") pretty much disallowed that, since if you introduced a 
>> contradictory term in a derivative's license, the "original 
>> conditions" would not be met, and you would thus not be allowed to 
>> use and release the derivative work in the first place.
> So, you want it to work this way?
>
> 1. On the part of the program that you own, the license terms are 
> entirely as you set them without modification.
> 2. On derivative works, the license terms must start with the text 
> that you used, but can add arbitrary terms to those.

Pretty much, but not quite. For derivative works, I also want that 
additional licensing terms on derivative works do not alter the meaning 
of the original terms. This is why I think that the "provided that the 
following conditions are met" formulation from the Sleepycat license is 
so interesting : it seems to guarantee exactly this.
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