Re: DRAFT: debian-legal summary of the QPL

[Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu>]

Matthew Garrett <mgarrett@chiark.greenend.org.uk> writes:

> Josh Triplett <josh.trip@verizon.net> wrote:
>>Matthew Garrett wrote:
>>> There's a strong feeling that people should be allowed to do what they
>>> want if it doesn't involve other people. Private undistributed
>>> modification falls within this. Distribution, on the other hand,
>>> is something that is of interest to the original developer. When
>>> multiple people are involved, there's a belief that they should both
>>> consent to what's going on.
>>
>>Not sure I understand the last sentence; when multiple people are
>>involved, *those people* would all consent to what's going on.
>
> One of the people involved in distribution is the copyright holder.

That's why he gets to write a license allowing it or disallowing it.
But in order for his license to be free, he has to remove himself from
the process.

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Brian Sniffen                                       bts@alum.mit.edu