Re: Open Software License v2.1
On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 03:44:04PM -0400, Brian Thomas Sniffen wrote:
> That's fine, but if you haven't *really* freely licensed it to me
> unless I refrain from suing you, then it's not a free license.
That's the assertion in question, but it seems almost like we're arguing
about schrodinger's cat.
If you win the lawsuit, then you're right, it's not a free license, and no
one should be distributing the software because it's illegal software.
[Though it might be possible to distribute the software under some
proprietary license if the patent holder(s) and the copyright holder(s)
cooperate.]
If you don't win the lawsuit, then the suit was bogus, and you've
inflicted bogus costs on me. I don't see any argument that the license
is not free in this case.
--
Raul
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