Re: Choice of venue, was: GUADEC report
On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 12:23:35PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> >Needing a DFSG-free patent licence is not news to me. If we have a
> >patented software, then it's non-free without such a licence. Are
> >there other circumstances where GPL 7 offers arbitrary termination?
>
> Any situation which inhibits your ability to carry out any of the GPL's
> requirements results in you no longer being able to distribute the code.
> I still don't see how this is any less of a practical problem for
> users than the copyright holder being able to terminate the license.
I'm confused. Are you actually arguing that "the original author may
terminate this license for any reason" clauses are DFSG-free?
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Glenn Maynard
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