[sword-devel] osis.py

Norbert Bollow nb at bollow.ch
Fri May 14 23:38:49 MST 2010


Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.ledkov at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 11 May 2010 19:58, Weston Ruter <westonruter at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dual licensed MIT/GPL.
>
> Kind of pointless =) MIT is compatible with GPL and MIT is less
> restrictive =) so *everyone* will choose MIT =)

Actually there is a point:  In the opinion of some leading lawyers
at least, the GPL includes a patent license (implicit in GPLv2,
explicit in GPLv3), while the MIT X11 licenses are seen as *only*
copyright licenses that don't protect you from being beaten over
the head with patents even by entities that have distribuited the
software.

Greetings,
Norbert

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