Hi, On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 6:42 AM, John Cowan <[email protected]> wrote: > Prashant Shah scripsit: > >> Mainly it differs from Apache License 2.0 in sections 3 (patent grants >> to derivative works) and 4 (more relaxed terms) > > In detail: > > In clause 3, the words "or derivative works" has been struck, so there no > patent license on derivative works you make yourself and do not contribute > back to the licensor. For historical reasons, the OSD has nothing to say > about patent licenses, but I believe this violates OSD #3 by implication, > which requires that derivative works be redistributable under the same > license as the original. > > In clause 4: > > The requirement to redistribute the license with all copies has been > removed. The OSD doesn't care. > > The requirement to propagate any NOTICE file or other third-party notices > has been removed. The OSD doesn't care, but people who go to the trouble > of adding attribution notices may be rather unhappy if they are stripped. > > If notices exist, you can add your own copyright, patent, or trademark > notices to them, not merely attribution notices. This does not violate > any specific OSD provision, but people are not used to looking for > notices with legal effects there. In the Apache licenses, such notices > are informational only and don't affect the licensing terms. > > --
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