On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 06:47:03AM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > On 11/5/05, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 06:28:02PM +1100, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > > On 11/4/05, Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Emmanuel Colbus wrote: > > > > > My main concern about this was that such relicensed copies > > > > > could have been considered not free, but undistributable, as the GPL > > > > > is > > > > supposed to apply to > > > > > software, not to documents. > > > > > > > > Any collection of bits is "software". The GPL works very well for any > > > > collection of bits. Some people think that it, particularly the > > > > requirement > > > > for provision of source code and the nature of permission to distribute > > > > in > > > > forms other than source code, may have problems when > > > > applied to dead-tree printed material. This is easily dealt with > > > > by dual-licensing under the GPL and a printing-friendly license of > > > > your choice. > > > > > > Well actually no it doesn't solve the problem as you have to comply > > > with both licenses when dual-licensing. > > Thats not what the phrase "dual-licensing" is typically used to mean. > > For example, a thing released under dual GPL/MIT license means that > > that thing is released under the GPL and under the MIT license. > > > > So if you want, you can use it under the terms of the MIT license. > > > > And, if you prefer, you can use it under the terms of the GPL license. > > I mean the *developer* must comply with both licenses, eg if you d/l > under the GPL and MIT, then the developer must still put the written > offer for source code and meet all the distribution requirements of > the GPL, but anyone else can choose between the GPL and the MIT > license. In opened software, "We are all developers".
In something like the proposed mozilla trilicensing scheme, the requirements are extremely loose; something to the effect of: "You can do whatever you want, in any one of 3 different ways" d/l == download? -- Clear skies, Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
