<div dir="auto"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 12:26 Smith, McCoy <<a href="mailto:mccoy.smith@intel.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mccoy.smith@intel.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Simon Phipps<br>
<b>>>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 14, 2019 2:46 AM<br>
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<b>>>Subject:</b> Re: [License-review] For Legacy Approval: OpenLDAP Public License<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">>></span>To my eyes the key difference is the updateability clause:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The OpenLDAP Foundation may revise this license from time to time.<br>
Each revision is distinguished by a version number. You may use this Software under terms of this license revision or under the terms of any subsequent revision of the license.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f4e79">Yes, that is a substantive difference over BSD 3-clause.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We should regard upgrade clauses skeptically, particularly when the license steward is the only user of the license. This language could be used to generate a proprietary fork if the steward saw fit. The GPL at least claims that revisions will be in the spirit of the original, AGPL linking clause notwithstanding.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Brendan</div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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