[License-review] For Legacy Approval: TOPPERS License

[Yutaka MATSUBARA]

Hello Richard,

On 6/12/15 08:50, Richard Fontana wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:38 AM, Henrik Ingo <henrik.ingo at avoinelama.fi> wrote:
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Yutaka MATSUBARA <yutaka at ertl.jp> wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>
>> It's perhaps worth pointing out users are always able to choose (a),
>> even when the project still exists. Hence the groups theorethically
>> discriminated by (b) are not prevented from using the software under
>> this license by freely choosing (a), which stipulates a very common
>> requirement for open source licenses.
>
> (3) says "When this software is redistributed in the forms unusable for the
>        development of other software, such as the case when the software
>        is embedded in a piece of equipment, either of the following two
>        conditions must be satisfied:"
>
> I can't quite put my finger on why but the way 'either' is used there
> makes me wonder whether the license author meant to unidiomatically
> indicate "both". Can the license submitter comment on this?

We mean (a) and (b) are options in (3).
If you have further questions, let me know.

Thanks,
Yutaka