Re: Termination clauses, was: Choice of venue

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

David Nusinow <david_nusinow@verizon.net> writes:

> But the cost of disclosure of the sources to downstream recipients is also a
> fee imposed by the upstream author simply by choosing the GPL or
> QPL.

That only comes automatically with the QPL; with the GPL, I can work
in a small group with no risk that it will be spread more widely.

> Just because you already have a distribution channel set up with
> downstream does not mean there is no fee incurred from distributing
> and disclosing the source and your modifications to them.

Yes.  That's an imposition we allow because the only purpose is to
ensure that the recipient has as much freedom as the donor.  The donor
chooses everything else about that interaction.

-Brian

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Brian Sniffen                                       bts@alum.mit.edu