[License-review] For Approval: GPL-3+-with-whonix-additional-terms - GPLv3 with improved, legal protections as per GNU GPL version 3 section 7

Richard Fontana richard.fontana at opensource.org
Sun Mar 17 04:00:20 UTC 2019


On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 2:28 PM Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos at riseup.net> wrote:

> Did I create my own license at all?
>
> Quote GPLv3:
>
> > Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, for material you
> > add to a covered work, you may (if authorized by the copyright holders
> of that material) supplement the terms of this License with terms:
>
> - A) Did I create my own license at all, or
> - B) did I only supplement the GPLv3 with terms as GPLv3 allows anyhow?

If you're taking the position that you didn't actually create a
license, just a GPLv3 "supplement", that supports my view that these
terms are out of scope for OSI review .

Richard



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