Are implicit dual-licensing agreements inherently anti-open?

Alex Bligh alex at alex.org.uk
Wed Jul 20 16:52:11 UTC 2005



--On 19 July 2005 17:05 -0700 David Barrett <dbarrett at quinthar.com> wrote:

> Wilson, Andrew wrote:
>> Alex Bligh wrote:
>
>> in which the ID
>> is granted what is effectively right of first refusal to any
>> modifications.
>
> Could you explain further what you mean by "right of first refusal"?  I
> don't see how the OVPL grants the ID rights to refuse anything.  Indeed,
> anyone who contributes under the OVPL can:

I didn't write that - Andrew Wilson did. I didn't understand it either.

Alex



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