Re: DRAFT: debian-legal summary of the QPL
Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:
>
>> But the QPL doesn't require that any changes include your name. It's
>> possible to provide those modifications to the general public without
>> being traceable. It doesn't seem any riskier to the dissident than the
>> GPL's provisions.
>
>The dissident test is not about protecting dissidents from their evil
>governments. It is about protecting them from copyright infringement
>claims for sane things they did while in the grip of their evil
>governments. The QPL allows some evil government to come after the
>dissident for failure to disclose his works when under their control.
The dissident test only makes any sense at all because it suggests that
certain license provisions will result in bad things happening to the
dissident if he complies with them. I am unconvinced that following the
QPL's requirements would increase the risk any more than following the
GPL's requirements. The GPL allows some evil government to come after
the dissident if he thinks that it's too dangerous to give his source
code to recipients of binaries.
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.debian.legal@srcf.ucam.org
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