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Re: "Social Contract" - final pass

On Wed, 25 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:

[snip]
> 3. Derived Works
> 
> The license must allow modifications and derived works, and must allow
> them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original
> software.
> 
> 4. Integrity of The Author's Source Code
> 
> The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in modified
> form _only_ if the license allows the distribution of "patch files"
> with the source code for the purpose of modifying the program at build
> time. The license must explicitly permit distribution of software built
> from modified source code. The license may require derived works to
> carry a different name or version number from the original software.

How do point 3. and 4. fit together? I mean, I don't want to build some
software based on the source code of another software ("derived work")
if I can only distribute the new software as a big patch!

I propose the following for point 4.:

``The license may restrict source-code from being distributed in modified
form _only_ if the license allows the distribution of "patch files"
with the source code for the purpose of modifying the program at build
time _and_ if the license allows the distribution of modified sources if
the name of the software or the version number is changed.''

(I hope that sentence is not too complicated :-) Better formulations are
welcomed!)


Thanks,

Chris

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