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List:       mozilla-license
Subject:    Re: AOLServer 3.0 released under Mozilla Licence 1.1
From:       Mike Shaver <shaver () mozilla ! org>
Date:       1999-12-02 20:02:24
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Dan Veditz wrote:
> The GPL people seem to consider the MPL as adding "additional
> restrictions" and thus not compatible with their code. By dual licensing
> they can use the code in GPL projects. From mozilla's point of view the
> GPL will make sure the code stays public so that's fine with us.

It's fine with the license, but we at mozilla.org certainly prefer that
modification to dual GPL/MPL or GPL/NPL code is, in turn, dually
licensed.  We cannot require that under the terms of the license, but we
hope to exert influence in other ways. =)

> From our point of view an external tree with a GPL-only cool feature is
> about the same as an external tree with a proprietary cool feature. The
> very nature of the MPL allows for the latter, so the former shouldn't
> bother us overmuch.

Very well put.

Mike

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