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authorJed Barber <jjbarber@y7mail.com>2017-06-27 22:31:19 +1000
committerJed Barber <jjbarber@y7mail.com>2017-06-27 22:31:19 +1000
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parent57fa1fb21a14e4bfa9a130535a4a0453d52bf42a (diff)
Revised clause 4 to allow static linking
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@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ under the rules of public domain will either have to use code many years out of
date, or the work itself has stagnated to the point where nobody cares anyway.
Combining this idea with minimalistic copyleft clauses should fill another
-hole in available licenses, as all current ones are exceedingly verbose and
-precise.
+hole in available licenses, as all current ones are exceedingly verbose.
+
+The copyleft clauses have to be weak however, as otherwise works using this
+license would not be able to link against BSD/MIT licensed works, which would
+be less than ideal.
@@ -50,8 +53,7 @@ you should be responsible for what you release to the public. Again, if this
is a problem in your country, you should reform the law.
The focus is on the work actually released, not on spreading the license
-itself, so dynamic linking will not be considered to constitute making a
-derivative work.
+itself.
Waiving anti-circumvention laws should be redundant and unnecessary, as the
license allows usage of the work for any purpose without restriction.