Sorry to follow-up to myself, but > As a result, I think at some point someone will sue someone over the > fact that the party being sued "internally" distributed software > violating the suing party's license which had requirements on > distribution that the party being sued did not meet.
I think that someone will also sue over making a private derivative version too. However, I don't know if such a suit is possible under an open source license as I believe all current open source licenses reserve the right to make derivatives to the recipient, and I believe further that to be OSI-compatible they must do so. I have often contemplated writing an open source license that requires derivatives to be made "publicly" available (either by publishing or by sending back to the author who can then publish). However, working with a lawyer to get such a license drafted is an expensive proposition and would only result in yet-one-more-incompatible open source license, which is not a good thing in my eyes. -Chris ***************************************************************************** Chris Clark Internet : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Compiler Resources, Inc. Web Site : http://world.std.com/~compres 23 Bailey Rd voice : (508) 435-5016 Berlin, MA 01503 USA fax : (978) 838-0263 (24 hours) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3