For Approval: Transitive Grace Period Public Licence, v1.0

[Chris Zumbrunn]

On Feb 20, 2009, at 18:40 , Tzeng, Nigel H. wrote:

>> From: Chris Zumbrunn [chris at zumbrunn.com]
>>
>> Under the TGPPL as it is, you could distribute copies of the source  
>> of
>> your derivative work  under another license than the TGPPL, as long  
>> as
>> that other license terminates within the 12 months period and is
>> replaced by the TGPPL. I guess regarding the code that would be
>> covered under the copyright of the original work, that other license
>> would be the one granted to you by s1.c. The proviso itself becomes
>> the license for that initial period during which the TGPPL is  
>> suspended.
>
>> Instead of allowing the suspension of the entire TGPPL license, s1.c
>> should have been worded in a way that would only suspend the
>> requirement to provide source.
>
> Would this solve the issue?  (UPCASE indicates changes)
> ---------
> c. to distribute or communicate copies of the Original Work and
> Derivative Works to the public, with the proviso that copies of
> Original Work or Derivative Works that You distribute or
> communicate shall be licensed under this Transitive Grace Period
> Public Licence. <12  MONTH CLAUSE DELETED>
> ...
> 3. Grant of Source Code License. The term "Source Code"
> means the preferred form of the Original Work for making
> modifications to it and all available documentation describing
> how to modify the Original Work. Licensor agrees to provide
> a machine-readable copy of the Source Code of the Original
> Work NO LATER THAN 12 MONTHS AFTER THE
> LICENSOR DISTRIBUTES THE ORIGINAL WORK.

Yes, that would avoid that particular pitfall. However, now we are  
back at square one, because now what you said earlier isn't true  
anymore:

On Feb 20, 2009, at 16:24 , Tzeng, Nigel H. wrote:
>
> OSD 2: Code that is released under the TGPPL provides source and  
> allows
> distribution of that source in s3 Grant of Source Code License.
>
> Code that has not been released under TGPPL during the 12 month  
> grace period
> provided in s1.c does not provide source since it has not yet been  
> released under
> TGPPL.

Chris