[License-review] For Approval: GPL-3+-with-whonix-additional-terms - GPLv3 with improved, legal protections as per GNU GPL version 3 section 7

Patrick Schleizer adrelanos at riseup.net
Sun Mar 17 06:44:00 UTC 2019


Richard Fontana:
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 2:28 PM Patrick Schleizer <adrelanos at riseup.net> wrote:
> 
>> Did I create my own license at all?
>>
>> Quote GPLv3:
>>
>>> Notwithstanding any other provision of this License, for material you
>>> add to a covered work, you may (if authorized by the copyright holders
>> of that material) supplement the terms of this License with terms:
>>
>> - A) Did I create my own license at all, or
>> - B) did I only supplement the GPLv3 with terms as GPLv3 allows anyhow?
> 
> If you're taking the position that you didn't actually create a
> license, just a GPLv3 "supplement", that supports my view that these
> terms are out of scope for OSI review .
> 
> Richard

I am wondering what the OSI's view on A) vs B) is.

Kind regards,
Patrick



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