[License-discuss] For Public Comment: The Libre Source License

[Bruce Perens]

On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 1:45 PM John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org> wrote:

> I think that OSD #3 does exactly that.  "The license must allow
> modifications and derived works [...]"  A license that even conditionally
> forbids those activities is not, on my reading, an open source license.
>

But of course we are not talking about licenses that conditionally forbid
those activities, only licenses that activate their source code
distribution terms upon the creation of a derivative work. Obviously the
OSD permits activation of the source code distribution terms for derivative
works. The only difference under discussion is *when. *The OSD doesn't have
any language regarding when the distribution terms may, or may not, be
activated.

    Thanks

    Bruce
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Bruce Perens - Partner, OSS.Capital.
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