* PEPPÈ Santarsiero: > I am writing to request the evaluation of the Lachesis Open License, > which I have recently drafted. I have just submitted this license > for evaluation to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and would like to > discuss any proposed modifications they may suggest.
Do you expect this license to be compatible with the GPL version 3? The GPL version 3 does *not* enforce copyleft, it actually encourages in some cases to restrict further distribution and modification. Quoting from the GPL: | Those thus making or running the covered works for you must do so | exclusively on your behalf, under your direction and control, on | terms that prohibit them from making any copies of your copyrighted | material outside their relationship with you. If a work under the Lachesis Open License does not contain a source code distribution mechanism for itself, does the license create an obligation to create one if the work is used in certain ways (say, if it is used in hosting/streaming)? This would be far more problematic than the AGPL situation because there, the network-based source code distribution obligation only kicks in after making modifications, so in practice it is possible to be compliant even if the AGPL-covered work does not help with source code distribution. I do not see a similar condition in the Lachesis Open License. This could effectively create a restriction on field of use.
