[copyleft-next] copyleft-next 0.2.0 released
Mike Linksvayer
ml at gondwanaland.com
Wed Feb 20 23:30:16 UTC 2013
> 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
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