From: petermichaux@...
Date: 2005-11-09T02:27:12+09:00
Subject: Re: which open source licence?


Gregory Brown wrote:
> 1) The original posters question about an open source license that
> requires publication and sharing of modifications
>
> This is the RECIPROCAL PUBLIC LICENSE
> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/rpl.php

Thanks for the straight answer.

> It is open source but not free software.  Some people are
> interchanging the two concepts.
>
> Whether or not the RPL can stand up in court (it probably can't) does
> not prevent the OSI from listing it as an 'open source' license.

plus some more good info.

> 2)  Do we really need a flame war every time someone asks a licensing
> question?

I'm just information gathering. Learning about oss licences. I not
necessarily going to use this type of licence.

> so that we don't get the answer to the OP's question lost.

 Thanks again for finding the question!

- Peter