Hi, all- I'm happy to announce the release of MPL 2 Release Candidate 1 - the text that we hope will become MPL 2.0 and serve the open source community well for the next decade (or three). The plain text of the license is here:
http://mpl.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/MPL-RC1.txt (other formats available through http://mpl.mozilla.org/participate/rc ) Changes ======= We received excellent and useful feedback on Beta 2, which led us to make a lot of smaller changes (definition cleanups, readability changes, etc.) and one larger change - a reorganization of the language on compatibility, merging the bulk of it with the "Larger Works" language. This should not change the meaning from Beta 2, but the language is very different, and hopefully more clear and understandable. You can see the changes in this pdf: http://mpl.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/MPL-B2-to-RC1.pdf FAQs ==== Along with the RC, we have also posted two draft FAQs that we would also love feedback on. The first FAQ is the license FAQ: http://mpl.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/FAQ-RC.html The second FAQ is about the process that created MPL 2, and the changes that occurred between 1.1 and 2.0: http://mpl.mozilla.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Revision-FAQ-RC.html We welcome comments on those as well - either comments on the answers, or suggestions for further questions. Feedback ======== As is usual with release candidates, we would like to use this text as the final release with no changes, but we need this group (and anyone else you know who may be interested) to review the license and make sure it is up to snuff. To comment, the same channels used in previous releases are available: commenting tool (linked to from the primary participation page, below); this mailing list, or direct contact with me, Gerv, or Harvey. A link suitable for tweeting, emailing, etc., that has all the links above (and more!) is here: http://mpl.mozilla.org/participate/rc Scheduling ========== We have not set a firm deadline for feedback and the final release, but we hope it will be in the next few weeks. Please keep that in mind while reviewing. Gerv -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/j2bdau$ovd$1...@dough.gmane.org
