Sven Luther writes: > On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 11:57:39AM -0400, Michael Poole wrote: > > I see no mention at all of binary distribution. It only mentions > > distribution of the patch(es). > > Because 3b apply only when the patch is released under the QPL, and 4 forces > you to use the QPL if you want to do binary distribution, as debian does. So > the patcher could release its patch under the BSD, and i could then QPL it and > incorporate it or something such.
I will quote my paragraph from my original email on this question, which Brian cut out of his reply: > You can argue that this forces a particular license on changes, but > you can't contribute a change to GPL software under a 4-clause BSD > license, so it is not particularly new. Michael Poole