Re: New Ion3 licence
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> forwarded:
> > 3. Redistributions of this software accessible plainly with a name
> > of this software ("ion", "ion3", etc.), must provide the latest
> > release with a reasonable delay from its release (normally 28 days).
> > Older releases may be distributed, if the full version, or some
> > other explicit indicator, such as the word "ancient", is part of
> > the name that the package is accessed with, or if this identifier
> > is completely unrelated to a name of this software.
Looks like a termination clause for any version still called ion that kicks
in 28 days after a new version is released. Requires a rename at least.
Is this what is going to happen to free software as it becomes
more popular? Every author's ego projection will trump sharing and
redistribution? Heck, if their ego is that demanding, why don't they call
the official version "Brian Clough's ion3" (or whatever the author's name
is)?
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