[lug] Re: [BLUG-ANNOUNCE] BLUG Meeting Announcement 2009-04-09

[zooko]

On Apr 10, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Davide Del Vento wrote:

> Did you asked it to him? I wasn't able to come yesterday :-(

I didn't ask during the meeting.  He had plenty of other things to  
talk about.  People were numerous, the meeting went on for ever and  
ever, and as far as I recall only one person got up and left.   
Apparently Linux users are extremely interested in these topic.

> Say that I make a derivative work today. I start using it (without  
> releasing any source code). While it's used, I make further  
> improvements. After a year, I shall release my first changes. I  
> don't have to release the latest things, right?

If there ever is a Transitive Grace Period Public Licence FAQ, this  
will be the first question.  The answer is, you are right.  Maybe you  
could draft Answer #1 for the FAQ.  ;-)

> This sound like a neat idea, but I don't think there is room for  
> middle ground between the GPL fanatics (like me :-) and BSD fanatics.

Ah yes!  A few people have told me that it is immoral for a licence  
to grant less than an infinite duration of proprietary rights to  
derived works.  Many have told me that it is immoral for a licence to  
grant more than an infinitesimal duration of proprietary rights.  I  
figure this means I must be doing something right.  ;-)

> Kudos to you, if you will succeed!

We'll see.  Thanks for the encouragement!

Regards,

Zooko