[License-review] For Approval: Rewrite of License Zero Reciprocal Public License

[Bruce Perens]

On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Kyle Mitchell <kyle at kemitchell.com> wrote:

>
>
> Following GPL 3.0, section 5, trailing paragraph:
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>   4. If you combine this software with other software to
>      make a larger program, you must release any source code
>      for that larger program that has not yet been released.
>
> Does that avoid the issue in your readings?


It seems to, and it seems to be better language IMO.

My concern around this whole issue is that derivative works under the law
might mean textual inclusion, the 1980's way of combining programs involved
static linking and people seem to think that they can use dynamic linking
for copyright avoidance (although I have an argument that they can't), and
that we are now at a point where a single program need not run in a single
address space, come from a single file, or reside in a single CPU or indeed
a single computer. It just acts like one program. So, I would rather be in
a position to analyze as an expert what is one program than to codify what
is one for today's technology and then have inventions change the
definition.

    Thanks

    Bruce
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