CPL

Wed Feb 25 17:38:24 UTC 2004

Thanks Russell, that helps. I'll put the AFL and Lucent (Plan 9) licenses
before the IVOA Exec with a recommendation that we go for the AFL on the
basis of its simplicity and openness.
Cheers,
Tony. 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell Nelson [mailto:nelson at crynwr.com] 
> Sent: 25 February 2004 15:41
> To: ael at star.le.ac.uk
> Cc: 'OS Licensing'
> Subject: RE: CPL
>> Tony Linde writes:
> > Thanks for that, Russell. The AFL certainly looks simpler 
> than the CPL (or > derivative Lucent PL). It doesn't 
> specifically refer to the right to > commercially distribute 
> the code or any derivative code without being > obliged to 
> provide any source code. Is this, and similar, rights 
> implicit in > their omission from the text?
>> The license does not distinguish between commercial 
> distributions or derivatives. It obligates no one to 
> distribute source code.
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