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What an ambiguous mess. > Change License: Apache License, Version 2.0 > 1. To specify as the Change License the GPL Version 2.0 or any later version So which
by thomastjeffery 3y ago
What an ambiguous mess.
> Change License: Apache License, Version 2.0
> 1. To specify as the Change License the GPL Version 2.0 or any later version
So which is it?
> Effective on the Change Date, or the fourth anniversary of the first publicly
available distribution of a specific version of the Licensed Work under this
License
That text was was added in a commit on March 27, 2020. That commit also lists a change date of "2023-03-01". So when was the "first publicly available distribution"?
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Can we please just stop wasting each other's time with this nonsense? Clearly none of us is enjoying the exercise.
- yodon 3y agoDevelopers laugh at lawyers who think they can write code, and lawyers laugh at developers who think they can write contracts. The truth is there are probably more lawyers who can write good code than developers who can write good contracts.
- crotchfire 3y agoIf you ever find an IP attorney who studied engineering as an undergraduate (and was good at it), hang on to them, they are the best. Mine saved me from a single mistake that would've cost more than 100x what I paid him (and several other less-spectacular disasters).
- thomastjeffery 3y agoThe concept of a "good contract" can be argued to death. I don't think that argument needs to overwhelm my point: this is an incoherent contract. It doesn't require any expertise to say so.