"Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote: > > > > > Which has nothing to do with why the NASA Open Source > > > > Agreement (NOSG) is a non-free license. I suggest you > > > > read section G: > > > > > > > > | G. Each Contributor represents that that its > > > > | Modification is believed to be Contributor's > > > > | original creation and does not violate any > > > > | existing agreements, regulations, statutes or > > > > | rules, and further that Contributor has sufficient > > > > | rights to grant the rights conveyed by this > > > > | Agreement. > > > > > > > > I.e. I am not allowed to take code that I have not > > > > created and combine it with a program which is licensed > > > > under the NOSG. > > > > > > When you take third party code and combine that code with > > > NOSA'd code, it is neither modification nor Modification, > > > [...] > > > > > > The end product is a modification, yes. > > ... > > > The creation that is added > > > > Is just separate computer program (literary) work (aka > > software). > > > > A seperate program which is not the "Contributor's original > > creation". > > It's separate software from the Subject Software. > > Section G does not speak of `Subject Software'. > > | G. Each Contributor represents that that its Modification is > | believed to be Contributor's original creation and does not > | violate any existing agreements, regulations, statutes or rules, > | and further that Contributor has sufficient rights to grant the > | rights conveyed by this Agreement. > > > Program code A + program code B modifies neither program code > > A nor program code B. > > > > But program A or B is not the "Contributor's original creation". > > And? > > ... see section G. One can only make a modification if it is the > "Contributor's original creation".
Uh moron. Read all definitions. (First take some medicine.) Then try to grok that "separate software from the Subject Software" + "the Subject Software" results in "Larger Work", not "Modification". regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss