I just noticed I sent this reply without cc-ing the mailing list :-( Therefore now resending with apologies. Abe F. Kornelis.
From: Forrest J. Cavalier III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The definition (at General #2) is as follows, and is formatted > thusly: > Contributor: > Any Distributor and/or > any User supplying any Modifications and/or Derivatives > and/or Dependent Software in any form to the Copyright > Holder, but not to any User(s). > > That makes it clear that every "Distributor" is a "Contributor" It was intended that "Distributor" designate anyone who redistributes the Software, with or without stuff of his/her own. This would include the Copyright Holder. A "Contributor" was intended to designate anyone who either redistributes the Software, with or without stuff of his/her own, or who supplies home-grown stuff to the Copyright Holder. Thus, as I intended it, a Distributor is *by definition* always a Contributor also, but a Contributor would not be a Distributor if that Contributor does not distribute the Software and/or the homegrown stuff associated with it. I hope this clears things up a bit. If anyone thinks this explanation is inadequate or not matching with the lecense text, please let me know. Kind regards, Abe F. Kornelis. -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3