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12131: Re: [MUD-Dev] Proper liscense for MUD source? Perhaps not GPL... (fwd)
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From: J C Lawrence <claw@cp.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 15:22:52 -0800
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 16:07:48 -0500 (EST)
Rahul Sinha <rsinha@glue.umd.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, J C Lawrence wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:17:55 -0500 (EST) Rahul Sinha
>> <rsinha@glue.umd.edu> wrote:
> (we are assuming being OSD-compliant is not an issue, I am pretty
> sure that the OSD is totally incompatible with the aim of the
> original license that we are discussing)
The expressed intent it violates OSD for sections #5, #6, and
arguably #9.
BTW: Please lose the e. e. cummings bit.
>> Agreed, which was part of my point on my source being mine and
>> therefore the choice of license being mine.
> but while your modifications are yours, they are also derivative
> works.
> Its like patents. If your patent extends someone elses, or relies
> on tech that is in someone else's, even though this patent has
> been awarded to you, every time you want to license the tech out,
> you have to get permission from your predecessor. (OTOH no one
> else can license your code out w/o your permission)
With the exception that this case enforces a license on me in the
normal use of my code.
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