On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 03:01:44PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> writes: > > > 3. You may make modifications to the Software and distribute your > > modifications, in a form that is separate from the Software, such as > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > patches. The following restrictions apply to modifications: > > > > This restricts modifications to separate patch files. Furthermore, > > these restrictions attach to the mere act of modification, and not > > to distribution of modifications (or a modified version of the > > work). > > I think the condition applies only to distribution. Well, I don't think it does, necessarily. Clause 2 of the QPL says, "You may copy and distribute the Software provided..." Clause 4 of the QPL says, "You may distribute machine-executable forms of the Software or machine-executable forms of modified versions of the Software, provided..." Clause 5 of the QPL says, "You may use the original or modified versions of the Software..." Clause 6 of the QPL says, "You may develop application programs, reusable components and other software items that link with the original or modified versions of the Software..." Clause 3 says, however, "The following restrictions apply to modifications", not "The following restrictions apply to modifications you distribute". Now, maybe the latter is what Trolltech *means*, but it's not what the license *says*. When we've got representatives of the FSF asserting that there is no fair use right to private modification because of the _Texaco_ case, I'd say the safe bet is to: 1) get clarification from the licensor; and 2) get the license clarified and ensure that it respects the fair use right to private modification. -- G. Branden Robinson | Life is what happens to you while Debian GNU/Linux | you're busy making other plans. branden@debian.org | -- John Lennon http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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