-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 23/02/15 00:15, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> > Copyleft licenses, namely the GNU GPL, are enforced through specific > actions by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) and the Free Software > Foundation (FSF): an ascertained violation due to inclusion of copyleft > code in a proprietary product results in the obligation to make the > entire product source code available to the public. The Apache License > avoids this risk and the associated needs for more employee education > and more internal audits. I'd suggest deleting that paragraph. For starters, the SFLC & FSF are neither the only organizations to distribute software under the GNU GPL, nor the only organizations to file lawsuits based on GNU GPL violations. Alternatively, rephrase it. Software distributed under The Apache License can be included in proprietary software, without the legal obligation of releasing the entire source code tree, to the users of the program. All that is required, is an attribution of the Apache Licensed source code. The Apache License reduces: * The need for employee education; * The frequency of internal audits; * The intensity of internal audits; jonathon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJU6pNbAAoJEKG7hs8nSMR7E8kQAIklccMeKesrd+RaNhjbx4Pu DPbEQM64aO6oWHQij7MEZZFONo9jd0PO9RSzh4puF+Kn3xmLMOkqgQJtUW+h9v5t Sc+I/43gangig4UwH1Mt3kcpR8ZyG/A8H5osw1vDmT/zj5BlX8AhJ8qSXC4YuzXD nyB7RrlRCZqpN3lI03/CibzP6KfN7Qd7aocdRT+p5AFO1T+4zvfmZATPz04YXHAZ X59aFtJkIon0toraWfFPFdNRjZdpcI3jekCxPRmGOHFoCTumyNlgCIc6u8JjfsR+ 3XFxVnO2gsdAN10TBg498itC2BQ1ZIQO/9R2ZrRGwbioMbo9TNCroz205TxmvoPx iMLfZU1YthbmrG1+KGFLSNMw5P7g5qPKVGrO+geNoLYXH9Ww4Mgl0uO/YGRVjDi/ n0hdUA61Rn4aEaalChmipMad8vitYZuZaiY/aR1RrcMJnmg5u3DCsrBNtTUnepYR Mk17JhyG9bS83Qm5DaRi5QQif1+fNZQtVGlzlme4FIACriSggyFxySw6Dkk71VmM C4e1+s6SnrBEyPWbvOZOdu/sHFOyg/XUzKgzX3y7bAW0vFlGPSdzXP6ldgWaX8nY Kfj6i6B5j4qQuzLs40pY6sxTLFdxm6vttuHxuQXffC4R1SSygDlE4C8mjYPE8T6q ZXZHAmpKcWXR14kYloo4 =MrUr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
