[License-review] For Approval: Rewrite of License Zero Reciprocal Public License
Kyle Mitchell
kyle at kemitchell.com
Wed Nov 15 00:18:26 UTC 2017
This message supplements the "Distinguish" section of my
submission of L0-R for approval, to rectify what seems now a
glaring omission:
10. L0-R shares much in common with the Reciprocal Public
License 1.5.
Like RPL-1.5:
- L0-R requires release of private changes, without
distribution in the GPL sense. RPL implements this in
its definition of "Deployment", which includes use.
- L0-R extends beyond modified versions and combinations
of the licensed work to a broader set of materials.
RPL implements this in its definition of "Required
Components".
- L0-R closes the SaaS/ASP loophole. RPL achieves this
by defining "Deploy" to include "Serve", and defining
both terms broadly.
- L0-R is proposed as a possible public-license "front
end" for businesses selling exceptions to its
reciprocity terms. RPL's steward in fact continues to
offer exceptions to RPL for sale online.
- L0-R permits curing inadvertent failures to
reciprocate within 30 days of becoming aware. Parts of
RPL-1.5 section 12.1 have the same effect.
Where RPL extends its trigger beyond modified versions
and combinations in a single program for the specific
purpose of making an effective reciprocity bargain for
web frameworks, L0-R does so for developer tools.
--
Kyle Mitchell, attorney // Oakland // (510) 712 - 0933
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