Re: NEW ocaml licence proposal by upstream, will be part of the 3.08.1 release going into sarge.
Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org> schrieb/wrote:
> No, I don't think they can do that. The permission grant in QPL#3b
> says "provided such versions remain available under these terms in
> addition to any other license(s) of the initial developer", which only
> seems to allow them to release it under other terms *in addition to*
> the QPL.
This does not mean they can't use the code in products not licensed
under the QPL. With clause #3b, contributors have to give them
permission to do so. The clause only means they can't take submitted
code for proprietary works and never release it in an QPL-licensed work.
As long as the submitted code is made available under the QPL, they can
also make it available under any other license. Note that clause #3b
does (IMO intentionally) not require modifications of the contributed
code to be available under the QPL, so they can also license it under
different open source licenses, including the GPL.
Claus
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