Francesco Poli scripsit: > a) releasing the work under a real copyright license grant (such as the > Expat a.k.a. MIT license http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt)
The AFL *is* a "real copyright license grant"; it already grants everything the MIT license does and more. > *and* > > b) offering in parallel an optional `uni-lateral' contract in which the > copyright holder promises things to anyone that is willing to accept the > contract. > > > In that case Debian would (probably) not accept the contract and simply > distribute under the Expat license. Nothing requires Debian to become a licensor just because they are distributing AFLed code, though Debian would have that option. (Is Debian a legal person?) -- MEET US AT POINT ORANGE AT MIDNIGHT BRING YOUR DUCK OR PREPARE TO FACE WUGGUMS John Cowan http://www.reutershealth.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
