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

Russ Nelson nelson at crynwr.com
Thu Feb 26 15:37:35 UTC 2009


Bruce Perens writes:
 > Russ Nelson wrote:
 > > Okay, so you have it under the GPL, which means no proprietary use at all.
 > >   
 > Darn it, Russ! Be careful with your wording. Some folks will consider 
 > you an authority, so you've got to make sure they get the right instruction.

True, it was a poorly chosen phrase.  One could do proprietary
distribution, or one could make use of something.  But "proprietary
use" is like a "fish duck" -- two words which make no sense next to
each other.

Thanks for the correction.

-- 
--my blog is at    http://blog.russnelson.com
Cloudmade supports http://openstreetmap.org/ 
521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-323-1241    
Potsdam, NY 13676-3213  |     Sheepdog       



More information about the License-review mailing list