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</style><div class="default-font-1736863114323" dir="ltr"><p>Dear Pamela and all,</p><p>Please see the attahced .txt file for Mulan Public License, Version 2. <br>
</p><p>(I'm the author, I simply provide the text for your convenience.)<br>
</p><p><br></p><p>Best, Minghui</p><pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Minghui Zhou， Professor
Vice Dean, School of Computer Science
Peking University, Beijing, China
https://minghuizhou.github.io/</pre><p><br></p><p><br></p><blockquote name="replyContent" class="ReferenceQuote" style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:5px;border-left:#b6b6b6 2px solid;margin-right:0;">-----Original Messages-----<br>
<b>From:</b> <span id="rc_from">"Pamela Chestek" <pamela.chestek@opensource.org></span><br>
<b>Send time:</b> <span id="rc_senttime">Tuesday, 01/14/2025 09:55:32</span><br>
<b>To:</b> license-review@lists.opensource.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [License-review] Submission for review of Mulan Public License，Version 2<br><br>
(Resending, adding direct email address)<br>
<br>
<p>Dear Nadia,</p><p>As previously mentioned, can you send a copy of the license as a
.txt file? This is a requirement for submitting a license, <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process" moz-do-not-send="true">https://opensource.org/licenses/review-process</a>
("Submit a copy of the license as an attachment in simple text
format.") I cannot copy/paste from the website because of the
potential loss of fidelity to the original. <br>
</p><p>We cannot process the submission without a copy of the license as
an attached document.<br>
</p><p>Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chair, License Committee<br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
</p><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/10/2024 8:11 AM, Pamela Chestek
wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:0cf99d5d-b80b-77a9-9b79-509dfdbd5242@opensource.org"><p>Please provide a copy of the license as a .txt file attached to
an email. The link is currently not resolving for me. This
license will not be considered submitted until we have a copy of
the license.<br>
</p><p>Pam</p><p>Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chair, License Committee <br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
</p><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/25/2024 4:54 AM, 江波 wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:tencent_4FB8D61F741F7140184E397B@qq.com"><div><span>
<p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Hi Community,</p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px;"><br>
</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">I hope this message finds you
well. My name is Nadia, and I represent KAIYUANSHE as the
OSI Affiliate Member.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px;"><br>
</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">I am reaching out to formally
submit a new license, the Mulan Public Open Source
License, for OSI approval. Below is a concise overview of
the license.</p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px;"><br>
</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";"><b>Overview:</b></p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">The Mulan Public License
(Mulan PubL) belongs to the Mulan Open Source License
family (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://license.coscl.org.cn/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://license.coscl.org.cn/</a>).
Previously, the Mulan PSL v2 under the Mulan Open Source
License family was OSI-approved in 2020. Mulan PubL v2
builds upon Mulan PSL v2 by adding copyleft provisions,
restricting distribution conditions for emerging
technologies like SaaS.</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Mulan PubL v2 stipulates that
for "contributions" received, the license must be
perpetuated for subsequent distributions. For "derivative
works," not only must the license be maintained, but the
source code download link for the "derivative work" must
also be prominently provided for a period of 3 years.</p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px;"><br>
</p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px;"><br>
</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";"><b>The differences between
Mulan PubL v2 and mainstream licenses revolve around
differences in distribution restrictions:</b></p><ul class="ul1" style="list-style-type:"— font-size:medium;"><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";"><b><span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"></span>GPL:</b></li></ul><ol class="ol1" style="font-size:medium;"><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Distribute
with the license, retaining disclaimers and other
statements.</li><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Distribute the
modified version with a clear statement of the modified
file with the date; if your modified program interacts
with the user in the form of commands at runtime, the
copyright and other notices must be displayed at the
beginning of the program runtime.</li><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Provide
complete and easily compilable source code at the time
of distribution.</li><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Abandon
distribution if you cannot comply with the conditions of
this license.</li></ol><ul class="ul1" style="list-style-type:"— font-size:medium;"><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";"><b><span class="s1" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;"></span>Mulan
PubL v2:</b></li></ul><ol class="ol1" style="font-size:medium;"><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Distribute
with the license, retaining disclaimers and other
statements.</li><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">For
“Contributions” received, the license must be retained
for secondary distribution. For “Derivative Works”, a
copy of this License must be provided, and the download
address of the corresponding source code of the
“Derivative Works” must be provided in a conspicuous
place, with a constraint validity period of 3 years.</li><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Provide
recipients with a written offer indicating your
willingness to provide the Corresponding Source Code of
the Derivative Work licensed under this License. Such
written offer shall be placed prominently in the
Derivative Work or its accompanying documents. Without
reasonable excuse, the recipient shall be able to
acquire the Corresponding Source code of the Derivative
work for no more than three months from your receipt of
a valid request, and be valid no less than three years
from your Distribution of the particular Derivative
Work.</li></ol><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px;"><br>
</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";"><b>Key Features of Mulan PubL
v2:</b></p><ol class="ol1" style="font-size:medium;"><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Dual Chinese
and English language provisions with equal legal
standing.</li><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Adherence to
concise language principles for enhanced comprehension.</li><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Explicit
granting of copyright and patent rights, excluding
trademark rights.</li><li class="li1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Imposition of
restrictive distribution conditions for open-source
software; conditional restrictions on distribution for
cloud computing and SaaS.</li></ol><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px;"><br>
</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Mulan PubL v2 was released in
May 2021 with version 2.0. Currently, 94 Chinese
open-source projects support MulanPubL-2.0, with over 1.4K
code repository applications. Notable applications include
OceanBase (<a href="https://github.com/oceanbase/oceanbase" moz-do-not-send="true"><span class="s2">https://github.com/oceanbase/oceanbase</span></a>).</p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px;"><br>
</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";"><b>Here is the full text of
the Mulan Public License, Version 2: <a href="http://license.coscl.org.cn/MulanPubL-2.0" moz-do-not-send="true"><span class="s2">http://license.coscl.org.cn/MulanPubL-2.0</span></a></b></p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";"><br>
</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">I am eager to engage in
further discussions with the OSI community regarding this
submission.</p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px;"><br>
</p><p class="p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";min-height:15px;"><br>
</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Best regards,</p><p class="p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-optical-sizing:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-variation-settings:normal;font-variant-position:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";">Nadia Jiang</p></span></div><div><includetail></includetail></div><br>
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