> From: Mike Nordell [mailto:tamlin@;algonet.se]
> >From my wording, I think it's quite obvious that IANAL.
>
> [link to OSL 1.1]
>
> I must say, I read just down to 1 b) before I got hickups.
>
> "to prepare"... What is prepare? To fork a CVS copy in
> preparation for some "real work"? To... I don't know.
The word "prepare" is taken from 17 U.S.C. �106, which reserves to the
author of a copyrighted work the exclusive right "to prepare derivative
works based upon the copyrighted work." If the word is good enough for
the U.S. Copyright Act, its good enough for me.
> I also have complaints about the 100% reduncance in
> explaining that "derivative works" is _really_ "('Derivative
> Works')".
That is to ensure that the term "derivative works" is used precisely the
same in this license as it is used in 17 U.S.C. �106 and as it is
defined in 17 U.S.C. �101.
If you don't like those words and those definitions, take it up with the
Congress.
/Larry
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