[License-review] Submission of OSET Public License for Approval

Josh Berkus josh at postgresql.org
Fri Sep 11 15:47:23 UTC 2015


On 09/11/2015 10:11 AM, Tzeng, Nigel H. wrote:
> I was under the impression that most governments were at least somewhat
> immune to copyright issues because of sovereign immunity.  I don¹t think
> any license really protects against this regardless of the terms.
> 
> I guess someone with standing could still sue for injunctive relief but
> doesn¹t strike me as likely.

Only national governments.  With that wording, even a *city* government
could pass a law to make license restrictions inapplicable.

--Josh Berkus




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