Sean Chittenden scripsit: > > It so happens that my latest piece of free software was issued under > > the Academic Free License. I wound up dual-licensing it under the > > GPL because the AFL's patent poison-pill is GPL-incompatible. > > AFL patent poison-pill? -sc
The AFL says that if you sue the author of an AFL-licensed piece of software under a software patent claim (related or not), you lose all rights to that software. This is an additional restriction beyond what the GPL allows, so the FSF labels it "free but GPL-incompatible". http://www.opensource.org/licenses/afl-2.0.php http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLIncompatibleLicenses -- My confusion is rapidly waxing John Cowan For XML Schema's too taxing: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd use DTDs http://www.reutershealth.com If they had local trees -- http://www.ccil.org/~cowan I think I best switch to RELAX NG. -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3
