[License-review] Request for approval of the Non-Coercive Copyleft Licence (NCCL) 1.0

[John Cowan]

Tim Makarios scripsit:

> The intention is that the *only* restriction is that derivative works
> are similarly licensed.  Perhaps you could be sued if you purport to
> license derivative works under a different licence, or perhaps you could
> only be sued if you try to enforce the terms of that different license,
> or perhaps the NCCL could simply be used in self-defence if you try to
> sue someone for violating the terms of the licence you purport to apply
> to your derivative work; I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know how this
> would play out, which is why I said "to the greatest extent possible".

What you'd be sued for is copyright violation.  If you breach the terms of
the license, you have no right to copy, modify, or distribute the code.

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John Cowan          http://www.ccil.org/~cowan        cowan at ccil.org
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