On Friday, 9 August 2019 15:42:16 CEST Russell McOrmond wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone can help explain to me what they see as the > difference between the forced public disclosure of private modifications of > software, and registration of mere usage, private modification, or public > discloseof software? All of these involve the forced disclose of private > activities.
At least to me the difference between forced public disclosure of private modifications and registration of private modifications lies in what the term registration seems to imply (at least in so far as I have seen it used): That there is a particular (often) centralized register at which you have to register and which may (depending on context) be able to deny you that registration (and if so denying you registration would prevent you from being able to use software which you can only use legally if you register your modifications). Forced public disclosure (without further qualification), on the other hand, means to me that the party being required to disclose is free to choose a (reasonable) method of disclosure. It also means to me there's no way the "author got hit by a bus" scenario would make the software unusable (for the foreseeable future) due to not being able to register with them anymore. _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opensource.org/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org
