Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proposed BIP-1 change removing OPL licensing option.

2016-09-27 Thread Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 11:51:40AM +0200, Tom via bitcoin-dev wrote: > On Monday 26 Sep 2016 14:41:36 Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev wrote: > > Note how the OPL is significantly more restrictive than the Bitcoin Core > > license; not good if we can't ship documentation with the code. > >

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proposed BIP-1 change removing OPL licensing option.

2016-09-27 Thread Tom via bitcoin-dev
On Monday 26 Sep 2016 14:41:36 Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev wrote: > Note how the OPL is significantly more restrictive than the Bitcoin Core > license; not good if we can't ship documentation with the code. Documentation and code can have different licenses, the sole existence of various

Re: [bitcoin-dev] Proposed BIP-1 change removing OPL licensing option.

2016-09-26 Thread Peter Todd via bitcoin-dev
On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 12:21:16AM +, Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev wrote: > I've proposed a revision to BIP-1 that removes the option to license > the work under the OPL: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/446 > > The OPL contains troublesome terms where the licensor can elect to >

[bitcoin-dev] Proposed BIP-1 change removing OPL licensing option.

2016-09-23 Thread Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev
I've proposed a revision to BIP-1 that removes the option to license the work under the OPL: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/446 The OPL contains troublesome terms where the licensor can elect to prohibit print publication of the work as well as the creation of modified versions without