Fedora Board Recap 2007-NOV-13

Matt Domsch matt at domsch.com
Wed Nov 21 23:16:19 UTC 2007


On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 05:57:10PM -0500, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:43:54 +0100
> Jeroen van Meeuwen <kanarip at kanarip.com> wrote:
> 
> > GPLv2 doesn't say though that once the binary is released originally, 
> > the clock starts ticking all over again each time it is redistributed
> > by a third party that uses 3c. A written offer can easily contain a
> > time frame consistent with the three years described in the license,
> > possibly extended to 3 years + a release's lifecycle.
> 
> That's your interpretation.  Are you a lawyer?

Without putting words in people's mouths, including a time frame is
consistent with my conversation with Brett Smith of the FSF.

-Matt




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