On Jun 5, 2015, at 0711, Fergal Byrne <fergalbyrnedub...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The GPL already has a clause which allows the owner (and downstream user) to > defer, for 12 months, the full obligations of GPL - see this guy's take: > https://github.com/zooko/tgppl/blob/master/COPYING.TGPPL-v2-draft.rst > > Our idea is a bit more startup-friendly - on the commercial side of the dual > license, everyone can keep their improvements/extensions closed for up to the > full duration of the time-bomb, but they then have to give it all back. > > As to enforceability, I'm guessing copying the language of GPL is hopefully > sufficient. These things are rarely tested as far as I know, but I'm sure > someone knows better than me. > I think the GPL, MIT, Apache, etc. licenses are probably fine for real world use. Why? Because everyone uses them. They are industry norms. The license you linked is a draft; however, mainline GPLv3 has some specific terms related to timing- see section 6(b). The thing is that licenses are not “contracts” in the sense that a contract is offer + acceptance + consideration. A license is a promise not to sue, and there are a number of subtle but important things that may or may not work in that situation. For example, there is no blanket rule on the relationship between fair use and a license agreement. All of this is complicated in that purchased software may have a controlling contract on top of the licensing agreement, so the enforceability of the system as a whole can get quite messy. All I’m saying here: I’m not sure that a court will buy that “if you do X before this date, I won’t sue you; but then if you do this after Y date, I will” is a valid license. It’s certainly not the norm. Frank Franklin M. Siler Counselor at Law ||| franksiler.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
