patemmschmitz

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by patemmschmitz 6mo ago
A discussion on this point (with some improvements) is now open in the European Commission Interoperable Europe Portal: https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/di...
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How to clarify the EUPL compatibility clause?
1 points by patemmschmitz 6mo ago|1 comments
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by patemmschmitz 2y ago
GPL doesn't count "Application Service Providers" as distribution, but does not prohibit to do so and to share/publish the combined/modified source code; It is just silent regarding SaaS, meaning that it seems that
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by patemmschmitz 3y ago
You are right: MPLv2 does not enforce contributing upstream. So you turn your manager into a fool (just a little bit). The MPL is probably one of the best F/OSS licenses: clear, concise, well written... But this is - hopefully - true
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by patemmschmitz 3y ago
For me - correct me if I'm wrong, the tivoization issue looks mostly related to what is really a "derivative" of your work (i. e. in case the level of dependency of some hardware device that uses/incoprporate your softwa
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by patemmschmitz 3y ago
You are right, there is a "double coverage". The EUPL just states that the compatible license (applied to the combined derivative work) will prevail in case it conflicts with the EUPL. But none of the listed compatible licenses (
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by patemmschmitz 3y ago
You could add: - the EUPL, like the AGPL, covers all distribution modes (remote or SaaS...) - the EUPL includes a CDO (contributor declaration of origin) - the EUPL specifies more "realistic" liability exclusions (at a time the C
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by patemmschmitz 3y ago
It is a constant policy, from all "FSF-followers-free-software-activists" to try to discourage, on all public discussion forums, the use of the EUPL that is a copyleft license "other than GPL/AGPL". However, the ref
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by patemmschmitz 3y ago
Agreed. There was a debate on the point "is the EUPL strong or weak copyleft?" It is not "strong copyleft" as the FSF conceives it, simply because European Law excludes license "viral" propagation in the case o
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by patemmschmitz 3y ago
Hello all, I found this debate after 4 days of "internet vacation" to fulfill a dream of my grandson (10 years old) to go with me on the Legoland roller coaster in Denmark. What shocks me is the reproach made to RMS to be old! The
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by patemmschmitz 3y ago
True! Regarding distribution as a service, the EUPL is like the AGPL, but simply written, short and clear. It is copyleft, but allows combined derivatives to be distributed under 10 compatible licences (including MPL, OSL, GPL2 & 3 and
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by patemmschmitz 5y ago
"Communication to the public" is a European Law concept that covers remote access. "Distribution" rather means the transfer of the Work (i.e. to be executed on the recipient device). The EUPL considers that the obligatio