copyleft-next [-0.1.1-] {+0.2.0+} ("this
License")
Release date: [-2013-02-08-] {+2013-02-19+}
1. License [-Grants.-] {+Grants+}
Not a change, but does the word "License" add anything here?
Subject to the terms of this License, [-We-] {+I+} grant You:
a) A non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable
copyright license, to [-make, copy, Distribute,-] {+reproduce, distribute, prepare
derivative works
of,+} publicly perform and publicly display [-Covered Works, in any medium.-] {+My
Work.+}
b) A non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free, irrevocable
patent license under Licensed Patents to make, have made, use, sell,
offer for sale, and import Covered Works.
This License does not {+grant any rights in My name, trademarks, service
marks, or logos.
Not a substantial change, but I wonder why the substance is needed.
The grant is explicitly one of copyright. Lots of popular FLOSS
licenses don't mention trademark.
This License does not+} exclude or limit any rights You have
under
applicable [-copyright-] law.
This seems like either superfluous (better for a FAQ), or bad policy.
Are the contours of contemporary copyright exceptions really the right
ones for software freedom? If one might be forced to comply with terms
(ie releasing under copyleft-next and revealing source) even if they
might be able to get away with it due to some copyright exception,
might it not be a bad idea to explicitly eliminate the possibility?
2. [-No Trademark License.
This License does not grant any rights in Our name, trademarks, service
marks, or logos.
3. Effect-] {+Nullification+} of [-Proprietary Relicensing.-] {+Copyleft/Proprietary Dual
Licensing+}
Nice word.
If, more than one year after [-Our-] {+My+} first [-Distribution-]
{+distribution+} of [-the Received-] {+My+} Work under this
License, [-We-] {+I+} offer to license a [-work that would be a-] Covered Work [-had
You prepared it, under terms other than (i)-] {+in+} a [-version of
copyleft-next released by-] {+manner that fails to
satisfy+} the [-Copyleft-Next Project, (ii) a license
authorized under section 10, or (iii) a license approved-] {+Open Source Definition
published+} by the Open Source
Initiative as of 1 January 2013, [-sections 4 through 8 of this
License no longer apply-] {+then I additionally license My Work+} to [-You.
4.-]
{+You under the Apache License (excluding any preexisting material
contained in My Work over which I do not hold copyright).
3.+} Distribution: General [-Conditions.-] {+Conditions+}
You may [-Distribute-] {+distribute+} Covered Works, provided that You (i) inform
recipients how they can obtain a copy of this License; (ii) satisfy the
applicable conditions of sections [-5-] {+4+} through [-8;-] {+7;+} and (iii) preserve
all
Legal Notices contained in [-the Received-] {+My+} Work (to the extent they remain
pertinent). "Legal Notices" means copyright notices, license notices,
license texts, and author attributions, but does not include logos,
other graphical [-images or-] {+images,+} trademark [-legends.
5.-] {+legends, or "powered by" statements.
4.+} Conditions for Distributing Derived [-Works.-] {+Works; Outbound GPL
Compatibility+}
If You [-Distribute-] {+distribute+} a Derived Work, You must license the entire
Derived
Work as a whole under this License, with prominent notice of such
licensing. This condition may not be avoided through such means as
separate [-Distribution-] {+distribution+} of portions of the Derived Work.
[-6.-]
{+You may additionally license the Derived Work under any version of the
GNU General Public License published by the Free Software Foundation
("GPL"), so that the recipient may further distribute the Derived Work
under either this License or the GPL.
I agree with comment elsewhere that I can't find now that v2+ would be
good to specify.
5.+} Condition Against Further [-Restrictions.-] {+Restrictions+}
When [-Distributing-] {+distributing+} a Covered Work, You may not impose further
restrictions on the exercise of rights in the Covered Work granted under
this License. This condition is not excused merely because such
restrictions result from Your compliance with conditions or obligations
extrinsic to this License (such as a court order or an agreement with a
third party). Mere [-Distribution-] {+distribution+} of a Covered Work incorporating
material
licensed under the Apache License [-2.0-] does not impose further restrictions
under this section.
[-7.-]
{+6.+} Conditions for Distributing Object Code [-in Products.-]
You may [-Distribute-] {+distribute+} an Object Code form of a Covered [-Work in a
physical
product or tangible storage medium ("Product"),-] {+Work,+} provided that
[-You-]
{+you+} accompany the [-Product-] {+Object Code+} with [-either: (i) a durable
physical medium
customarily used for software interchange that contains the
Corresponding Source of the Covered Work, or (ii)-] notice of a network location
through
which [-such-] {+the+} Corresponding Source is {+made+} available, at no charge, {+by
some
standard or customary means of providing network access to source code.
If you distribute the Object Code in a physical product or tangible
storage medium ("Product"), the Corresponding Source must be available
through such a network location+} for two years from the date of Your most
recent Distribution of the [-Covered Work-] {+Object Code+} in the Product. [-In
either case,-] {+However, if You
accompany the Product with a durable physical medium, customarily used
for software interchange, that contains the+} Corresponding [-Source
must be provided under-] {+Source, You
need not also comply with the first paragraph of+} this [-License.
8. Conditions for Network Distribution-] {+section.
Each recipient+} of [-Object Code.-] {+the Covered Work from+} You [-may Distribute-]
{+is+} an [-Object Code form-] {+intended third-party
beneficiary of this License solely as to this section 6, with the right
to enforce its terms.
Great! As I said in
https://identi.ca/conversation/98623601#notice-99639053 it'd be nice
to see this expanded to license, not only source. Not that I have any
idea how to do so.
7. Symmetrical Licensing Condition for Upstream Contributions
If You distribute a work to Me specifically for inclusion in or
modification+} of a Covered Work [-through a
computer network, provided that-] {+(Your "Patch"), then, unless Your Patch
explicitly states otherwise,+} You [-accompany-] {+license it to Me under this
License, to+}
the [-Object Code with clear
directions indicating how-] {+extent of Your copyright in Your Patch. This condition
does not
negate+} the [-Corresponding Source may be obtained under-] {+other conditions of this
License, if applicable to Your
Patch.
8. Copyleft Sunset
Conditions 3 through 6 of+} this License {+cease to apply to You 15 years+}
from [-a network location at no charge and in a reasonably
equivalent manner.-] {+the date of My first distribution of My Work under this
License.+}
Interesting that 2 is not sunset; a weak non-source-requiring copyleft
is retained for duration. This seems reasonable.
9. [-Pass-Through.-] {+Pass-Through+}
When You [-Distribute-] {+distribute+} a Covered Work, the recipient automatically
receives
[-from Us-]
a license to [-the Received-] {+My+} Work {+from Me,+} subject to the terms of this
License.
10. [-Outbound (A)GPL Compatibility.
You may Distribute a Covered Work under one or more of the following
licenses published by the Free Software Foundation: (i) GNU General
Public License, version 2; (ii) GNU Affero General Public License,
version 3; (iii) later versions of the foregoing licenses.
11. Termination.-] {+Termination+}
Your license grants under section 1 are automatically terminated if You
a) fail to comply with the conditions of this License, unless You cure
such noncompliance within thirty days after becoming aware of it, or
b) initiate a patent infringement litigation claim (excluding
declaratory judgment actions, counterclaims, and cross-claims)
alleging that any part of [-the Received-] {+My+} Work directly or indirectly
infringes
any patent.
Termination [-of Your rights-] disqualifies You from receiving new licenses covering
[-the Received-] {+My+}
Work, but it does not terminate the rights of those who have received
copies or rights from You subject to this License.
To the extent permission to make copies of a Covered Work is necessary
merely for running it, such permission is not terminable.
[-12.-]
{+11.+} Later License [-Versions.-] {+Versions+}
The Copyleft-Next Project may release new versions of copyleft-next,
designated by a distinguishing version number ("Later Versions").
Unless [-We-] {+I+} explicitly remove the option of [-Distributing-] {+distributing+}
Covered Works
under Later Versions, You may [-Distribute-] {+distribute+} Covered Works under any
Later
Version.
[-**************************************************************************
* *
* 13.-]
{+** 12.+} No [-Warranty. *
* *
* The Received-] {+Warranty **
** **
** My+} Work is provided "as-is", without warranty. You bear [-*
*-] the risk {+**
**+} of using it. To the extent permitted by applicable law, [-*
*-] each [-Distributor-] {+**
** distributor of My Work+} excludes the implied warranties of title, [-*
*-] {+**
**+} merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and [-*
*-] {+**
**+} non-infringement. [-*
* *
**************************************************************************
**************************************************************************
* *
* 14.-] {+**
** 13.+} Limitation of [-Liability. *
* *
*-] {+Liability **
** **
**+} To the extent permitted by applicable law, in no event will any [-*
* Distributor-] {+**
** distributor of My Work+} be liable to You for any damages {+**
**+} whatsoever, whether [-*
*-] direct, indirect, special, incidental, or {+**
**+} consequential damages, [-*
*-] whether arising under contract, tort {+**
**+} (including negligence), or [-*
*-] otherwise, even where the [-Distributor-] {+distributor **
**+} knew or should have known [-*
*-] about the possibility of such damages. [-*
* *
**************************************************************************
15. Severability.-] {+**
14. Severability+}
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this License
does not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of
this License. Such provision is to be reformed to the minimum extent
necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
[-16. Definitions.-]
{+15. Definitions
"Apache License" means the Apache License, version 2.0, as published by
the Apache Software Foundation.+}
"Copyleft-Next Project" means the project that maintains the source
code repository at <
https://gitorious.org/copyleft-next/> as of the
release date of this License.
"Corresponding Source" of a Covered Work in Object Code form means (i)
the Source Code form of the Covered Work; (ii) all scripts,
instructions and similar information that are reasonably necessary for
a skilled developer to generate the Covered Work from the Source Code
provided under (i); and (iii) a list clearly identifying all Separate
Works (other than those provided in compliance with (ii)) that were
specifically used in building and installing the Covered Work (for
example, a specified proprietary compiler including its version
number). Corresponding Source must be machine-readable.
"Covered Work" means [-the Received-] {+My+} Work or a Derived Work.
"Derived Work" means a work of authorship that copies from, modifies,
adapts, is based on, [-contains, transforms or-] {+is a derivative work of,
transforms,+} translates
{+or contains+} all or part of
[-the Received-] {+My+} Work. Derived Works do not include Mere
Aggregation or [-the
mere making of-] a [-verbatim copy-] {+mere reproduction+} of [-the Received Work.
"Distribute" means to distribute, transfer or make a copy available to
someone else.
"Distributor" means Us and anyone else who Distributes a Covered-] {+My+}
Work.
"Licensed Patents" means all patent claims licensable by [-Us,-] {+Me,+}
now or in
the future, that are necessarily infringed by making, using, or selling
[-the Received-]
{+My+} Work, and excludes claims that would be infringed only as a
consequence of further modification of [-the Received-] {+My+} Work.
"Mere Aggregation" means an aggregation of a Covered Work with a
Separate Work.
"Object Code" means any form of a work that is not Source Code.
[-"Received-]
{+"My+} Work" means the particular work of authorship [-We-] {+I+} license
to You
under this License.
"Separate Work" means a work that is separate from and independent of a
particular Covered Work and is not by its nature an extension or
enhancement of the Covered Work, and/or a runtime library, standard
library or similar component that is used to generate an Object Code
form of a Covered Work.
"Source Code" means the preferred form of a work for making
modifications to it.
[-"We"/"Us"/"Our"-]
{+"I"/"Me"/"My"+} refers to the individual or legal
entity that places
[-the Received-] {+My+}
Work under this License. "You"/"Your" refers to the individual or
legal
entity exercising rights in [-the Received-] {+My+} Work under this License. [-For-]
{+A+} legal [-entities, "You"-] {+entity+}
includes [-any-] {+each+} entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with [-You.-] {+such legal entity.+} "Control" means (a) the
power to
direct the actions of such {+legal+} entity, whether by contract or
otherwise, or (b) ownership of more than fifty percent of the
outstanding shares or beneficial ownership of such {+legal+} entity.
Releases/copyleft-next-0.1.1: 1402 words 1029 73% common 52 4% deleted 321 23%
changed
Releases/copyleft-next-0.2.0: 1460 words 1029 70% common 76 5% inserted 355 24%
changed
This is a neat release, worth 58 word gain, but maybe some can be lost. :)
Mike