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I am guessing that now the software can’t be included in something else that uses “predatory copyleft“. And those derivative works do not have the option to us
by fourthark 7y ago
I am guessing that now the software can’t be included in something else that uses “predatory copyleft“.
And those derivative works do not have the option to use a less restrictive license that allows such behavior.
Not sure of this though.
- kazinator 7y agoAh, good thinking. But is that true? Basically, the license is copyleft now, but if certain conditions occur in the future, it will become BSD-like (let's go with that designation for familiarity). Thus, the license is effectively (copyleft | BSD). A project which uses regular old predatory copyleft can therefore use it now and continue to use it, whichever way it plays out.
- fourthark 7y agoConfusing. I’ll be interested to see this explained to mortals. But I would assume that derived works could not choose to use the code as BSD - it’s not “choice of copyleft or BSD” it’s “copyleft unless you try to do something shady.” Somehow..?