Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: > Josh Triplett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: >> >>>I'd be particularly interested to hear your comments on the asymmetry >>>issue, which is most closely tied to a DFSG point: I can't distribute >>>modifications under the same license through which I received the >>>software. The author used a license which gets him a license to use >>>my modifications in a proprietary way, but I don't get such a license >>>for *his* changes. >> >>Actually, you can distribute your changes under the same license: the >>QPL. People who receive the software from you must grant you the same >>more-permissive license to their changes as well. I do agree that the >>QPL is full of asymmetry, but I don't think most of it is a DFSG >>problem, apart from the "send changes upstream" clause and the "choice >>of venue" clause. > > I don't think I can -- I have to distribute my changes as patches, so > the "initial author" is still the author of the baseline work, not me.
You are the initial author of your changes. - Josh Triplett
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