On Feb 14, 2008 4:28 AM, Giancarlo Niccolai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> License proliferation is bad, but it's a lesser evil with respect to > license fuzziness. > > FPL license is derived from Apache2. Among OSI accepted license, > Apache2 was the one covering exactly the needs of Falcon project > except for two aspects. Embedding and scripting. All the other > licenses related to programming languages either state prominent > exceptions with respect to a base license or leave gray areas between > "derived works" and "embedding applications". The aim of FPL is that > to respect the principles of openness by requiring source to be > distributed with derived works, to be released again with the same > license, and defining clearly what applications using Falcon are not > subject to this restriction. Sounds like the FPL just clarifies things/gives extra permissions. Please submit it (in full) to the legal list and state that it is derived from the Apache2 licence. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
