Re: The APSL and Export Controls
According to Raul Miller:
> Chip Salzenberg <chip@perlsupport.com> wrote:
> > In any case, revocation isn't mentioned in the OSD.
>
> This appears to be true.
>
> But this means that a license which expires on April 1 would still
> qualify under OSD. More generally, termination clauses can get
> arbitrarily nasty.
Urk. I hadn't thought about it that way. >>agenda
More generally, though, the OSD is like any formal standard -- besides
the legalistic meeting of requirements, there are issues of Quality Of
Implementation.
Just because a C++ compiler meets the ANSI standard doesn't mean you
_must_ use it. Likewise, just because a license meets the OSD doesn't
mean you _must_ call it 'free'.
--
Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@perlsupport.com>
"When do you work?" "Whenever I'm not busy."
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