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Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]



On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:11:48 +1100 Ben Finney wrote:

[...]
> The "may be non-free" aspect was the requirement of requiring the
> creator of the derivative work to surrender their copyright to
> OpenVision. If such a requirement were in place in the license terms,
> I would regard it as non-free.

I agree.

*If* the clause really requires surrendering copyright in order to
create and distribute a derivative work, then it's non-free since it
requires a fee in exchange for the permission to create/distribute
derivative works.

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