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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License
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Nicolás A . Ortega |
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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License |
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Mon, 17 Apr 2017 13:32:50 +0200 |
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On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 04:17:31PM -0400, Adam Van Ymeren wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Nicolás A. Ortega <
> deathsbreed@themusicinnoise.net> wrote:
>
> > Not necessarily. The MIT license gives the user the same freedoms as the
> > xGPL, however it is more relaxed and preferred by some developers.
> > Therefore, this would allow those developers to use such a library
> > without having to use the same license (choosing their preferred Free
> > Software license).
> >
>
> But what happens at the next level of distribution?
>
> Consider this:
>
> Project A: -Licensed under your proposed modified sleepcat license.
>
> Project B: -Incorporates project A, and licensed under the MIT license.
>
> Project C: -Incorporates Project B, and as a result project A,
>
> Project C can't must be licensed under a free software license, otherwise
> it would violate the terms of the modified sleepcat license of project A.
> As a result, even though Project B wanted to use a permissive license,
> users of Project B, still have to release their source code. You've made
> non-viral permissive licenses like MIT, viral as a result.
>
>
Not necessarily, let's say that Project C wants to use only parts of
Project B, but those parts do not require Project A. At that point
Project C can use Project B's code under the terms of the MIT without
needing to adhere to my license.
--
Nicolás Ortega Froysa (Deathsbreed)
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- [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Nicolás A . Ortega, 2017/04/15
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Ian Kelling, 2017/04/15
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Bob Jonkman, 2017/04/15
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Bob Jonkman, 2017/04/16
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Nicolás A . Ortega, 2017/04/17
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Adonay Felipe Nogueira, 2017/04/17
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Nicolás A . Ortega, 2017/04/18
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Adonay Felipe Nogueira, 2017/04/21
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Ineiev, 2017/04/22
- Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Nicolás A . Ortega, 2017/04/22
Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Potential of the Sleepycat License, Michael Pagan, 2017/04/16