Re: Repost of the DRAFT d-l summary of the OSL v2.0

2004-05-06 Thread Fabian Bastin
Thanks for your answer. GPL-compatibility would be an interesting point, but the problem that we encounter is the GPL copyleft, which is very strong, due to the interpretation of the FSF concerning derivative works. Moreover this will be probably be enforced in GPL v3. It is annoying as soon a

Re: Repost of the DRAFT d-l summary of the OSL v2.0

2004-05-04 Thread Jeremy Hankins
Fabian Bastin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just a little question. > >> If you want a copyleft license for your work debian-legal recommends >> the GPL v2.0. > > What is the recommendation if you want a copyleft license, but no as > strong as the GPL, in particular if you consider that simply lin

Re: Repost of the DRAFT d-l summary of the OSL v2.0

2004-04-30 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Jeremy Hankins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > - Item #5 "External Deployment" places distribution-like burdens on > deployment. E.g., when the Work is made available over a network > source must be distributed. This is a use restriction. While the > DFSG does not explicitly prohibit this,

Re: Repost of the DRAFT d-l summary of the OSL v2.0

2004-04-30 Thread Branden Robinson
On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 09:36:14PM -0400, Jeremy Hankins wrote: > I'm reposting this as a draft (a) because it's been longer than I > planned before posting the new version, and (b) there are some changes > to this (e.g., including the fourth issue, and the way I ground the > first one) that I figu

Re: Repost of the DRAFT d-l summary of the OSL v2.0

2004-04-30 Thread Fabian Bastin
Hi, Just a little question. If you want a copyleft license for your work debian-legal recommends the GPL v2.0. What is the recommendation if you want a copyleft license, but no as strong as the GPL, in particular if you consider that simply linking a module does not produce a derivative wor