Re: Open Card Consortium Source License - DFSG free?
Walter Landry <wlandry@ucsd.edu> writes:
> Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> wrote:
> > Does anyone see a reason why it is not DFSG-free? The paragraph
> > that bothers me the most is the one at the end of clause 3:
> >
> > Each Contributor agrees to provide condensed summaries of its
> > Contributions to OCC periodically, from time to time on a
> > schedule decided solely by Contributor, either with or
> > without copies of the Program as modified by such
> > Contributions.
> >
> > I know that we've rejected mandatory notification clauses before,
> > but this one seems particularly flexible given that the schedule
> > is "decided solely by Contributor", and I'm not sure whether it
> > would still be a problem. Comments?
>
> It may be impossible for people to make any notifications. Certain
> uses may preclude it, like making nuclear bombs, running a terrorist
> network, or hacking on a desert island.
The clause does not specify how notification is to be made. For
a hacker on a desert island, perhaps notification by a note in a
bottle tossed into the ocean is acceptable :-)
> Finally, does this work with the free java VM's like kaffe or gcj? If
> it only works with the official VM's, then it will have to at least go
> into contrib.
I am using it now with gcj. Works fine.
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