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Hi Nadia,<br>
<br>
You're welcome to - but I can't promise that no one will have more
comments anyway!<br>
<br>
Pam<br>
<br>
On 3/19/2025 2:10 AM, Nadia Jiang wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi Pam,</div>
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<p>It appears that there are no additional comments or
criticisms of the license from others. So can I proceed with
resubmitting the license for the review process now? 🙂
Thank you so much!</p>
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<div>Best,<br>
Nadia</div>
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<p>Others - to aid Nadia, are there others that have
comments or criticism of this license? Since I am asking
that the license be resubmitted, It would be helpful to
provide those comments now rather than after they have
resubmitted the license.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Pam</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chair, License Committee<br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/12/2025 1:34 AM, Nadia
Jiang wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi Pamela,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I understand your concerns. Regarding the recent
update on the English translation, could we discuss
any possible adjustments in this thread first? Once
we have a version that can be mostly finalized, I
can withdrawal this process and resubmit a new one.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Additionally, I have attached the .txt file for
the latest Mulan Public License, Version 2 again to
prevent version errors.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div>Nadia</div>
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<div><includetail>
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<div id="menu_sender"><b>From: </b> "Pamela Chestek"<a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:pamela.chestek@opensource.org"
style="color: rgb(38, 126,
240);text-decoration: none; outline: none;"
moz-do-not-send="true"><pamela.chestek@opensource.org></a>;</div>
<div><b>Date: </b> Wed, Feb 12, 2025 01:09 AM</div>
<div><b>To: </b> "license-review"<a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org"
style="color: rgb(38, 126,
240);text-decoration: none; outline: none;"
moz-do-not-send="true"><license-review@lists.opensource.org></a>;
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<div><b>Subject: </b> Re: [License-review]
Submission for review of Mulan Public
License，Version 2</div>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div style="position:relative;"> Hi Minghui,<br>
<br>
Thank you for the clarification. It does appear
that the OSI website does not have the last
version of the license. We'll get it corrected.<br>
<br>
It does, though, confirm that my insistence on the
formalities of submission be followed! The
confusion was because the license changed several
times during the approval process. That's why I
don't want to have a license that changes during
the process without a clear withdrawal and
resubmission.<br>
<br>
Pam<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-signature">Pamela S. Chestek <br>
Chair, Licensing Committee <br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
<br>
</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/11/2025 1:39 AM,
ZHOU, Minghui wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:08c8baae-f60d-4dc9-9471-0ba854ac4abe@pku.edu.cn">
<p>Dear Pamela,</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>I just wanted to clarify one thing. The
original Mulan PSL license (version 2) was not
changed at all after it was approved by the
OSI. You may compare the original version
approved by OSI board and the version at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://license.coscl.org.cn/MulanPSL2"
moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(38,
126, 240);text-decoration: none; outline:
none;">https://license.coscl.org.cn/MulanPSL2</a>.
I'm the maintainer of Mulan PSL license (also
the author).</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Please note that the mulan PubL license
currently under approval process is different
from the Mulan PSL license. It is a GPL alike
license while mulan PSL is a Apache alike
license.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>I'll leave Miss Nadia to tend to the rest of
the matter.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Best, Minghui<br>
</p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Minghui Zhou， Professor
Vice Dean, School of Computer Science
Peking University, Beijing, China
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://minghuizhou.github.io/" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(38, 126, 240);text-decoration: none; outline: none;">https://minghuizhou.github.io/</a></pre>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/11/25 01:20,
Pamela Chestek wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:6137ea86-dae1-1e8c-eaed-714a5c92e62b@opensource.org">
Dear Nadia Jiang,<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, we much have the complete,
correct version to be approved as one
document. It is too confusing and the
recordkeeping too difficult to have multiple
documents that are supposed to represent a
single license. I note also that you did not
provide a certified translation, just a
redline comparison. When you update the
license, please also provide a certification
of the translation.<br>
<br>
I note that I received several reports that
the original Mulan PSL license was changed
after it was approved by the OSI and the
version on your website that you claim was
OSI-approved was not. That is one reason we
much have in our records the exact version of
what is to be approved, so others will have an
immutable source of truth about the actual
license text that was approved.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-signature">Pamela S. Chestek <br>
Chair, Licensing Committee <br>
Open Source Initiative</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix"><br>
On 2/9/2025 10:49 PM, 江波 wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:tencent_151F2BC1286FC0BF2EF939E2@qq.com">
<div><font>Dear Pamela,</font></div>
<div><font><br>
</font></div>
<div><font>We intend to update the english
translation with our version; however,
we still need to discuss the matter with
Professor Zhou and others involved. If
possible, we would appreciate it if you
could proceed the license review with
our version of English translation and
provide your feedback on the license. We
will combine your insights with our
discussions with the stakeholders to
ensure a comprehensive approach.</font></div>
<div><font><br>
</font></div>
<div><font>Best,</font></div>
<div><font>Nadia Jiang</font></div>
<div>
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<div id="menu_sender"><b>From: </b> "Pamela Chestek"<a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:pamela.chestek@opensource.org"
moz-do-not-send="true"
style="color: rgb(38, 126,
240);text-decoration: none;
outline: none;"><pamela.chestek@opensource.org></a>;</div>
<div><b>Date: </b> Mon, Feb 10, 2025
02:22 PM</div>
<div><b>To: </b> "江波"<a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:jiangbo@kaiyuanshe.org"
moz-do-not-send="true"
style="color: rgb(38, 126,
240);text-decoration: none;
outline: none;"><jiangbo@kaiyuanshe.org></a>;
"license-review"<a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org"
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<div><b>Subject: </b> Re:
[License-review] Submission for
review of Mulan Public
License，Version 2</div>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div style="position:relative;">
<p>Are you going to amend the license
to use this English version instead
of the one it currently has?</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Pam<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On
1/30/2025 7:45 AM, 江波 wrote:<br>
</div>
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cite="mid:tencent_747A9F322DBEAC857F504D2A@qq.com">
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<div>Dear Pamela,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I hope you are doing well.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Following your suggestions,
we have engaged a specialized
translation agency to
thoroughly review the English
translation of the Mulan
Public License v2. The revised
translation is attached for
your review. Should you and
the other reviewers have any
additional questions or
suggestions regarding the
English translation, please do
not hesitate to share them. We
greatly appreciate your
contributions to achieving a
more accurate English version
of the Mulan Public License.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Based on the revised
translation, I believe the
patent licensing terms are now
clearer. Article 2 of the
agreement stipulates that the
patent license applies only to
the claims owned or controlled
by the contributor which will
be infringed by its
contribution alone, and does
not extend to claims which
will not be infringed by the
contribution itself but will
be infringed after
modifications made by the user
to the contribution.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Furthermore, regarding the
copyright license, I would
like to clarify that the
issues you identified are also
present in the Chinese version
and are not solely a result of
the English translation. Your
concerns are valid; copyright
in both the United States and
China encompasses the right to
publicly display and perform
the work. The approach you
suggested (granting a license
to all copyright rights
without enumerating them)
indeed represents the best
practice at present. However,
for the reasons outlined
below, we believe that
maintaining the current
copyright licensing terms is a
better choice for the Mulan
Public License.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Firstly, the current
licensing terms are considered
to carry minimal risk
concerning withholding some
rights. License to reproduce,
use, modify, or distribute is
framed from the user
perspective in utilizing
open-source software, covering
various user operations on the
software. Additionally, the
public display or performance
you mentioned can be
interpreted as encompassed
within either use or
distribution—for instance,
displaying a segment of
open-source code at an event
can be viewed as both use and
distribution. Furthermore,
several other open-source
licenses employ same language,
such as the ISC License and
Mulan Permissive Software
License v2. Importantly, to
date, none of the licensors or
licensees using licenses with
identical terms, including the
Mulan Public License, has
raised concerns regarding
incomplete licenses.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Secondly, considering the
current status of the Mulan
Public License, modifying the
copyright licensing terms to
appear more legally sound
could potentially spark new
friction, negating the benefit
of such improvements. The
Mulan Permissive Software
License v2, which belongs to
the same Mulan family of
licenses and was certified by
OSI in 2020, adopts the same
copyright licensing terms. The
Mulan Permissive and Mulan
Public Licenses were
collaboratively drafted by the
same group and released in
succession, with highly
similar language tailored to
meet the needs of Chinese
developers for Apache-2.0 and
AGPL-3.0 style licenses,
respectively. Altering the
copyright licensing terms of
the Mulan Public License to
differ from those of the Mulan
Permissive may lead to
significant confusion among
users of the Mulan family of
licenses. Additionally, the
Mulan Public License has
already been adopted by a lot
of projects, and publishing
Version 3 to merely revise the
copyright licensing terms
could create discrepancies in
understanding the differences
between Versions 2 and 3,
because, as mentioned, the
current Version 2 of the Mulan
Public License already
provides users all the
necessary copyright license.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Above are our reflections
on the matter. We welcome your
insights and those of the
other reviewers. Thank you for
your attention and
collaboration. Have a nice
weekend ahead.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div>Nadia Jiang</div>
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href="mailto:pamela.chestek@opensource.org" moz-do-not-send="true"
style="color: rgb(38, 126,
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<div><b>Date: </b> Mon, Jan
20, 2025 09:54 AM</div>
<div><b>To: </b> "license-review"<a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org"
moz-do-not-send="true"
style="color: rgb(38, 126,
240);text-decoration:
none; outline: none;"><license-review@lists.opensource.org></a>;
<wbr></div>
<div><b>Subject: </b> Re:
[License-review] Submission
for review of Mulan Public
License，Version 2</div>
</div>
<div> </div>
<div style="position:relative;">
<p>Dear Minghui,</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Thank you. <br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>I have briefly reviewed the
English language version of
the license and the
translation does not appear
to be professionally done.
It is our policy to have
certified translations of
licenses in foreign
languages. This license says
that "IN THE CASE OF
DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THE
CHINESE AND ENGLISH
VERSIONS, THE CHINESE
VERSION SHALL PREVAIL," so
we need to review an
accurate translation of the
Chinese version of the
license.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>The English language
version of the license is
problematic and I am hoping
that it is a translation
issue, not a problem with
the license in its original
language. One problem is
that it does not grant all
the rights necessary in
copyright. Specifically it
states the grant is "to
reproduce, use, modify, or
Distribute" the software.
However, under US law these
are not all the rights of
the copyright author, which
include the right to
publicly display and the
right to publicly perform.*
Under US law this license
would be construed as
withholding the rights of
display and performance and
therefore would not be an
open source license.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>The patent grant is also
quite confusing. It says
"where such patent license
is only limited to the
patent claims owned or
controlled by such
Contributor now or in future
which will be necessarily
infringed by its
Contribution alone,
excluding of any patent
claims solely be infringed
by your modification." "Only
limited" is odd phrasing in
English and it's not clear
how the word "only" might be
read. "Excluding of any
patent claims solely be
infringed by your
modification" is
grammatically incorrect and
might be construed as
exactly the opposite of what
you meant to say. That is,
this phrase could be read to
say that the exclusion
modifies the non-grant, not
that it is a further
clarification of the scope
of the original grant - in
other words, the word
"excluding" modifies the
non-grant so that it becomes
a grant for later
modifications.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Please therefore provide a
certified translation of the
Chinese language version of
the license so we can learn
whether the problems are
just a function of an
unfaithful translation or
there is a fundamental
problem with this version of
the license.</p>
<p><br>
If the problem in the
copyright grant is in the
Chinese language version
too, please consider
withdrawing the license from
review so that you can
revise it and resubmit it.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Pam<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>*Because licenses are now
used internationally, a
better practice for open
source licenses is to grant
a license to all copyright
rights without enumerating
them, to ensure that the
grant is complete in all
jurisdictions.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Pamela S. Chestek <br>
Chair, License Committee <br>
Open Source Initiative<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On
1/14/2025 5:59 AM,
Zhou,Minghui wrote:<br>
</div>
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cite="mid:2c98e211.af86.194651cccae.Coremail.zhmh@pku.edu.cn">
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<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
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://minghuizhou.github.io/" moz-do-not-send="true" style="color: rgb(38, 126, 240);text-decoration: none; outline: none;">https://minghuizhou.github.io/</a></pre>
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<b>From:</b> <span
id="rc_from">"Pamela
Chestek" <a
class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:pamela.chestek@opensource.org" moz-do-not-send="true"
style="color:
rgb(38, 126,
240);text-decoration:
none; outline:
none;"><pamela.chestek@opensource.org></a></span><br>
<b>Send time:</b> <span
id="rc_senttime">Tuesday,
01/14/2025 09:55:32</span><br>
<b>To:</b> <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated
moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:license-review@lists.opensource.org" moz-do-not-send="true"
style="color: rgb(38,
126,
240);text-decoration:
none; outline: none;">license-review@lists.opensource.org</a><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"
style="color:
rgb(38, 126,
240);text-decoration:
none; outline:
none;">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:"HelveticaNeue";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:"HelveticaNeue";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:"HelveticaNeue";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"
style="color:
rgb(38, 126,
240);text-decoration:
none; outline:
none;">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:"HelveticaNeue";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:"HelveticaNeue";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="margin-block: 0px;"
data-editing-info="{"orderedStyleType":[1,10,17],"unorderedStyleType":[1,7,3]}"
data-list-style-type="1">
<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="margin-block: 0px;font-size:medium;"
data-editing-info="{"orderedStyleType":[1,10,17],"unorderedStyleType":[1,7,3]}"
data-list-style-type="1">
<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="margin-block: 0px;"
data-editing-info="{"orderedStyleType":[1,10,17],"unorderedStyleType":[1,7,3]}"
data-list-style-type="1">
<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="margin-block: 0px;font-size:medium;"
data-editing-info="{"orderedStyleType":[1,10,17],"unorderedStyleType":[1,7,3]}"
data-list-style-type="1">
<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:"HelveticaNeue";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="margin-block: 0px;font-size:medium;"
data-editing-info="{"orderedStyleType":[1,10,17],"unorderedStyleType":[1,7,3]}"
data-list-style-type="1">
<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:"HelveticaNeue";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"
style="color:
rgb(38, 126,
240);text-decoration:
none; outline:
none;"><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:"HelveticaNeue";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"
style="color:
rgb(38, 126,
240);text-decoration:
none; outline:
none;"><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:"HelveticaNeue";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:"HelveticaNeue";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>
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