Josh Triplett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote: >> I'd be particularly interested to hear your comments on the asymmetry >> issue, which is most closely tied to a DFSG point: I can't distribute >> modifications under the same license through which I received the >> software. The author used a license which gets him a license to use >> my modifications in a proprietary way, but I don't get such a license >> for *his* changes. > > Actually, you can distribute your changes under the same license: the > QPL. People who receive the software from you must grant you the same > more-permissive license to their changes as well. I do agree that the > QPL is full of asymmetry, but I don't think most of it is a DFSG > problem, apart from the "send changes upstream" clause and the "choice > of venue" clause.
I don't think I can -- I have to distribute my changes as patches, so the "initial author" is still the author of the baseline work, not me. -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
