Brian Thomas Sniffen writes: > I think you've read "under this license" as meaning that I license my > modifications to others under the QPL. I read it rather differently: > I think that says that if I release modifications, and the license > which allows me to release them is the QPL, then I must make this grant. > > That is, it's not talking about the license under which my changes are > available to you, but about the license under which I perform the act > of releasing: "modifications to the software are released under this > license"
If I follow your logic right, the condition "Modifications made to this work must be licensed for unlimited reuse by the original author" is non-free, but the condition "Modifications made to this work must be licensed for unlimited reuse by INRIA" is free, since the latter allows distribution of modifications under the same terms? While a very literal reading of DFSG 3 may support that distinction, I think it calls for invoking common sense and the "G is for Guidelines" argument. Michael Poole