Quoting Ernie Prabhakar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > In fact, I think I've noticed several distinct criticisms of your > license, which its important not to confuse: > > A. It is morally wrong to create a license incompatible with the GPL
That would be a claim that, if actually expressed here (and I don't remember it being) would be rather silly unto self-parody, off-topic, and a waste of everyone's time. > B. It is pointless to create such a license, since you're solving a > non-existing problem. I'm not sure if you're referring to my feedback here, or not. If so, I said that _one_ of problems that Sean claimed on-list that OSSAL solves is by operation of copyright law inherently non-existent, that of non-copyleft codebases being converted to copyleft terms. I hope my analysis left the truth of that point clear. The other aim, of preventing redistribution of derivative works that include copylefted code, seemed so obviously inherently within the licensor's discretion, if that's what floats his boat, as to be not worthy of comment. Plenty of other OSI-approved licences conflict with sundry copylefted ones, and claiming that constitutes "discrimination against particular fields of endeavour" is absurd. Some people here have expressed personal views that Sean's cementing of his hobbyhorse into licence text is against his long-term interest. Me, I figure he probably knows what he wants, and that the main question of interest is OSD-compliance. (It looks OSD-compliant to me, just riddled with squirrely wording in places, that badly needs a good editor: E.g., what exactly does it mean for a "redistribution" to "be used in conjunction with" something? Call in the Rewrite staff, Sean.) > C. As a practical matter, it is a bad idea to openly criticize the GPL I can't remember anyone saying that it was a bad idea. Boring as all hell, and a waste of everyone's time, but that's a different matter. -- Cheers, "By reading this sentence, you agree to be bound by the Rick Moen terms of the Internet Protocol, version 4, or, at your [EMAIL PROTECTED] option, any later version." -- Seth David Schoen -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3