BSD+1 License

[Vieitez Parra, Ricardo Iván]

It depends much on local legislation, but, in general, any contract is
enforceable. If it should end up in a trial, a professional
translation would take place.

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 12:30 AM, Stefano Vincenzi
<s_vincenzi at lavabit.com> wrote:
> What about publishing and using the software license in languages other than
> english (in my case I will use italian, spanish and english)? If the local
> official language is not english how much is an english license enforcable?
> For reference, CC has translations in the most used languages (even if the
> english version takes precedence).
>
> The current clause:
>    * If any software derived from the original source code is published and
> distributed as executable code, the modified source code must be included in
> the distribution or made available by other means (including but not limited
> to: websites and software repositories). This applies only to source code
> derived directly from the original software. Source code that is distributed
> with the original source code or executable code that uses it indirectly
> (including but not limited to: an inherited class or an API call), can use
> any other license.
>
> // Bani ha scritto:
>>>
>>> By publishing I mean in general, the clause doesn't state "publish to the
>>> original author". It is implied (I know, bad idea for a license to use
>>> assumptions) that publishing means making the source code available.
>>>
>>> N/ please reply to the list also so that we don't get 2 identical posts
>>> on
>>> our inbox.
>>
>> Just keep in mind that if the code isn't distributed, then you can't
>> make people publish the code if they don't want to. This has to do
>> with the copyright law in U.S., which doesn't protect "personal" use.
>
> Then the clause should include something like: "if you publish any software
> derived from the original source code, you must include the modified source
> code in the distribution, or make it available by other means (including but
> not limited to: websites and software repositories)."



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