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Re: Internet2 licence



On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 11:32:46AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le samedi 05 septembre 2009 à 18:52 +0200, Francesco Poli a écrit : 
>> Well, not completely a copyleft license, IMHO.
>> It says:

>> |  If you choose to provide your enhancements, or if you choose to
>> |  otherwise publish or distribute your enhancements,
>> [in source form and without doing something special],
>> |  then you thereby grant Internet2 and its contributors a

> So in short, it allows the original authors to create a proprietary
> derivative while it does not allow others to do it.

No, it does not. Anyone can create a proprietary derivative by either:

 - keeping the source code secret

 - giving people the source code only after they sign a contract

-- 
Lionel


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