Re: need comments on a copyright clause.

[Bruce Perens <bruce@debian.org>]

From: Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@icenet.fi>
> Therefore it's _not_ OK to place restrictions on other software that 
> uses "foo"

Note item 3:

    3. Derived Works

    The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must
    allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of
    the original software.

And then item 9:

    9. License Must Not Contaminate Other Software

    The license must not place restrictions on other software that is
    distributed along with the licensed software. For example, the
    license must not insist that all other programs distributed on the
    same medium must be free software.

Note the words "distributed along with" in item 9. This is clearly
a weaker relationship than "derived works", which are addressed in
item 3. If you wish, you can read it as "distributed along with the
licensed software, but are not derived works of the licensed software".

	Bruce
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