Wilson, Andrew scripsit:
> So the question is, Alice releases a program under MPL 2. Bob takes
> Alice's program, combines it with GPL code, and releases the
> combination under GPL. Carol receives the sources from Bob
> and makes improvements to portions originally contributed by Alice.
> What license applies to Carol's improvements? May Alice take
> Carol's patches and, without any additional license,
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> apply them to her MPL code base?
The MPL does not spread beyond the source files and Modifications of
them to which it was attached. So Alice can incorporate Carol's patches
to any file that Bob didn't touch. However, if Bob makes Modifications
to Alice's Compatible Covered Software and releases them under the GPL,
those Modifications can't be backported to Alice's version, whether
through Carol or not.
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