- From: Jeff Jaffe <jeff@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 05:44:10 -0400
- To: Andreas Kuckartz <A.Kuckartz@ping.de>
- CC: Norbert Bollow <nb@bollow.ch>, public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
On 6/5/2013 5:39 AM, Andreas Kuckartz wrote: > Jeff Jaffe: >> On 6/5/2013 4:26 AM, Andreas Kuckartz wrote: >>> Jeff Jaffe: >>>>> If you find that a specification is not implementable in GPL, it >>>>> probably is not implementable in open source software at all. >>>> I need further clarification. >>>> >>>> EME, for example, might not be implementable in GPLv3. But I wasn't >>>> aware that it was not implementable in other open source licenses >>>> such as Apache or MPL (or even GPLv2 for that matter). What am I >>>> missing? >>> CDMs which are relevant for the proponents of EME can not be >>> implemented >>> as Open Source. EME without such CDMs is useless for the intended >>> purpose of EME. We should not discuss implementing useless software >>> using Open Source licenses. >>> >>> It does not help if someone implements anything using an Open Source >>> license when other legal restrictions (such as NDAs) prevent him or >>> her >>> from providing the source code to others without conditions in >>> addition >>> to those contained in the Open Source license. Such conditions might >>> be >>> legally compatible with some "liberal" Open Source licenses, but some >>> conditions are not legally compatible with GPL3. >> I believe you have made this point aptly numerous times in the >> discussion group. >> >> But it is not what we are discussing here. >> >> The discussion here is a not a discussion of utility but a discussion >> of formal license compatibility > I tried to provide the clarification which you requested as best as I > could. Do you have further questions? No, I think it is pretty clear. On the narrow license perspective EME can be implemented in open source licenses. Which does not mean it is a good idea, or compatible with freedom, or anything else which of course is the main debate point. > > In any case: this Community Group is not only about formal legal > license compatibilities and all licenses which have been mentioned are > results of long discussions which not first of all concentrated on > formal legal issues. +1 > > Cheers, > Andreas >
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