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[Langley, Stuart]

Eric Shultz wrote:

As if often the case with new licenses, I don't know if this is OSD complaint. As a non-lawyer, I had a question about how Conveying works in cases where it's impossible to make or source a component. As an example, let's say I modify the Complete Source of part of a product and add a feature which is theoretical or remains to be prototyped. Under the strongly reciprocal license, am I allowed to distribute? From skimming it, my initial thoughts are "no".

[STL] I’m trying to guess at your reasoning, so correct me if I’m wrong.  In a scenario where you obtain Covered Source for a Product, you modify that Covered Source to have a feature that you don’t know how to completely make.  In that case, even you do not possess the Complete Source of the modified Covered Source.  It’s not a matter of mere difficulty for you to convey the Complete Source, it is impossible because Complete Source does not exist.  The concern then would be that OSD 3 is not satisfied because you are not permitted to distribute?   If this is the concern, I note that the OHLv2-S does not require that “modified Covered Source” needs to also be “Complete Source” in order to be conveyed.  If that is correct, you can distribute your modified Covered Source even though it is theoretical or incomplete.
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