[License-review] For Approval: License Zero Reciprocal Public License

Josh berkus josh at postgresql.org
Sat Sep 23 01:35:16 UTC 2017


On 09/22/2017 06:33 PM, Kyle Mitchell wrote:
> Josh,
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> I don't mean to baffle.  Ideally, the license
> terms would explain themselves.  But that's in
> great tension with keeping things short, BSD
> style.  I'll end up explaining what this condition
> does, one way or another.  So I appreciate your
> feedback on the challenge I have ahead of me.
> 
> The role of the agent under L0-R is to vend
> licenses that allow what the public license
> prohibits.  A company dual licensing software may
> publish source under the terms of GPL or AGPL, but
> offer licenses without copyleft requirements for a
> fee.  If the company delegates the job of vending
> those licenses to another, that "other" acts as
> the company's "agent".

This assumes single origin for the software.  What if I make a modified
version of the software?  Do I get to designate my own agent?  If not,
why not?

--Josh




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