[License-review] Request for approval of the Non-Coercive Copyleft Licence (NCCL) 1.0

Tim Makarios tjm1983 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 31 05:01:09 UTC 2015


On Thu, 2015-07-30 at 22:02 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> Tim Makarios scripsit:
> 
> > The intention is that the *only* restriction is that derivative works
> > are similarly licensed.  Perhaps you could be sued if you purport to
> > license derivative works under a different licence, or perhaps you could
> > only be sued if you try to enforce the terms of that different license,
> > or perhaps the NCCL could simply be used in self-defence if you try to
> > sue someone for violating the terms of the licence you purport to apply
> > to your derivative work; I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know how this
> > would play out, which is why I said "to the greatest extent possible".
> 
> What you'd be sued for is copyright violation.  If you breach the terms of
> the license, you have no right to copy, modify, or distribute the code.

Right, but what sequence of actions would constitute a breach of the
terms of the licence?

Tim
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