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Novell License Draft 1.0 Submitted for Review

Posted by Roblimo on from the add-your-$0.02-to-the-debate dept.

Bruce Perens writes "Novell has submitted its Open Source license for review. You can find it, and a few details about license-review, here. "

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  1. Differences between GPL and NCL by retep · · Score: 4

    As far as I can see there are very few differences between the GPL and NCL. There are no "hidden" details that would give Novell any rights to your work. Like the GPL dirivitive works get put under the NCL.

    Unlike the GPL the NCL doesn't specificly mention what would happen in the event of a patent dispute or other restrictions such as export laws.

    The NCL has one last interesting feature. By agreeing to it you also agree to how any breaches of the agreement will be handled. In paragraph 5 the NCL specificly states how any breaches shall be handled. And it states that the costs incured in any legal battle will be payed by the "losing" side. Interesting...

  2. About three classes of Open Source Licence needed by maroberts · · Score: 4

    I can understand the need for about three versions of Open Source license
    a) a BSD type license
    b) a GPL type licence
    c) a "commercial" license which allows the originator some rights over how his code is used to prevent forking and 'embrace & extend' by rivals. i.e. a sort of you can see the source, propose modifications and fixes, but we retain control over distribution license.

    Why do people keep coming up with their own variations on a theme ?

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