license categories, was: I'm not supposed to use the ECL v2?

Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu
Thu Dec 13 22:09:55 UTC 2007


John Cowan wrote:
> Lawrence Rosen scripsit:
> 
>> I don't believe that. If my choice is between License A and License B, I
>> can't pick and choose some combination of provisions from A and B to create
>> my own preferred set of terms. I get either A or B, but not both.
> 
> Well, in that case how is it possible, given a work issued under the GPLv2
> or later, to issue a derivative work which is still under GPLv2 or later?
> Clearly the derivator is not making a choice here.

They're making both choices in parallel.  Note that they are not picking
and choosing between parts of the licenses, which definitely is not allowed.

Matt Flaschen



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