OSL Version 1.0 dated 8/2/2002

[John Cowan]

Lawrence E. Rosen scripsit:

>   5.  External Deployment.  The term "External Deployment"
>   means the use or distribution of the Original Work or
>   Derivative Works in any way such that the Original 
>   Work or Derivative Works may be accessed or used by
>   anyone other than You, used to provide any services
>   to anyone other than You, or used in any way to
>   deliver any content to anyone other than You,
>   whether the Original Work or Derivative Works are
>   distributed to those persons, made available as an
>   application intended for use over a computer network,
>   or used to provide services or otherwise deliver
>   content to anyone other than You.  

This last clause seems to me to be rather too much of a cow-catcher.
Suppose:

a)	gcc were licensed under a future GPL with such a provision

b)	I wrote and compiled with gcc a program

c)	this program was an essential element in delivering news
	to my employer's paying subscribers

then the license would deem me a distributor of gcc, bound to
provide source for three years and all that rot?
gcc is being "used to deliver content", since using it is an indispensable
step in the chain of actions that leads to content being delivered.

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