[License-review] For Legacy Approval: TOPPERS License

Yutaka MATSUBARA yutaka at ertl.jp
Thu Jun 11 16:31:11 UTC 2015


Hello John Cowan,

Thank you for the reply.

>>      (b) How the software is to be redistributed must be reported to the
>>          TOPPERS Project according to the procedure described
>>          separately.
>
> Unfortunately, this discriminates against people who for whatever
> reason cannot follow that procedure;

We believe this is not discrimination. If it is discrimination,
the clause for conveying the corresponding source code in GPLv2 
Section 3 and GPLv3 Section 6 can be also discrimination against 
people who cannot follow these texts.

> furthermore, if the project
> ceases to exist, it is not possible to report to it.  This term
> makes the license not Open Source.

After the project ceases to exist, users can choose (a) to use our 
software and redistribute their modified software. This does not 
prohibit anyone from using or redistributing the software.

Thanks,
Yutaka



More information about the License-review mailing list