From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.105.134.102] (helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DjYV8-0002k4-73 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 08:16:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j5I8F6tW031367; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 08:15:06 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.202]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j5I8CJsG023004 for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 08:12:20 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 68so16245wra for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:12:35 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SaPITyGxwMiUhALJuecA2VYJAhCuAm7mUMm8kehJ+WQp36HgvmtPGRyQq2nMDm14UelRYl0i5LFFDEBuC3VNVk2MWd2tUe1LaFXHuHRJWw+HK1xg6bk4ZsdW+HxgZwc/AZBpADhC/72+IgXwcsMW/Y946cJMW2ePN8LzmNXCpDI= Received: by 10.54.34.4 with SMTP id h4mr1547823wrh; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:12:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.3.39 with HTTP; Sat, 18 Jun 2005 01:12:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <623652d505061801124b65b16b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 08:12:35 +0000 From: Chris Bainbridge To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Panda 3D licensing issues In-Reply-To: <5e0a35ef05061716524658159e@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <20050618164218.4d1cdb5a@localhost> <5e0a35ef05061716524658159e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j5I8CJsG023004 X-Archives-Salt: 9a4f718a-11f1-4301-839c-75a5419da670 X-Archives-Hash: cca13a9ccadb75b48c99581993bddacb On 17/06/05, Joshua Baergen wrote: > > "An electronic copy of the source code for all modifications > made to the Software are to be forwarded to Licensor at > panda3d-owner@yahoogroups.com within 90 days of the date of the > modifications." > > I didn't notice anything in the license that says they'll reject > changes. I bet they just want to benefit from the open-source > community without looking around themselves. Yup. One of the GPL avoidance techniques I've seen is to distribute software to a customer whilst making it clear that if they ask for the source they will lose support and updates. The idea of enforcing redistribution in stronger terms than the GPL isn't new - the Affero GPL uses similar terms to extend the GPL for network services. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list