On 2008-03-28, Peter Saint-Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. > > --------------ms020306050406060103010602 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Peter Saint-Andre wrote: >> It seems that the IETF Trust uses the "Non-Profit Open Software License >> 3.0" to license code written as work-for-hire under the auspices of the >> IETF (presumably this applies to efforts like the IETF Tools Team). >> >> The text of the license follows, as extracted from the PDF file linked >> to from <http://trustee.ietf.org/licenses.html>. >> >> Comments are welcome as to whether this license is DFSG-compliant. > > At the least, 1(c) seems problematic: > >> 1) Grant of Copyright License. Licensor grants You a worldwide, >> royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable license, for the duration of >> the copyright, to do the following: > > ... > >> c) to distribute or communicate copies of the Original Work and >> Derivative Works to the public, with the proviso that copies of Original >> Work or Derivative Works that You distribute or communicate shall be >> licensed under this Non-Profit Open Software License or as provided in >> section 17(d);
Isn't that just plain copyleft? /Sune > > (Where 17(d) refers to earlier versions of the license.) > > Peter > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]