[License-review] License compatibility for FOSS aggregations

[John Cowan]

Lawrence Rosen scripsit:

> Thus it is, for example, that we create both Apache Open Office and
> LibreOffice, FOSS projects that differ primarily in that they use
> incompatible licenses for software implementing the same functionality. 

That happened considerably later than the OO.org / LO fork, though it
may be the most important difference now.  The issues were over trust
and control rather than licensing, AFAIU.

> Once again: Nobody is free to change my licenses on my own independent
> works, no matter how badly they want to control my license choices.

I agree.  But they are free to prevent you, according to the _communis
opinio_, from reusing their content in your works if they don't like 
what you do with them.

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