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This EULA is weird and has some drafting issues :) First, if there is any GPL/LGPL code in there, that term would be a license violation (and for GPLv2/LGPLv2,
by DannyBee 12y ago
This EULA is weird and has some drafting issues :)
First, if there is any GPL/LGPL code in there, that term would be a license violation (and for GPLv2/LGPLv2, actually auto-terminate the license).
This includes things like "glibc" .
It's really hard to build a kernel space and userspace that doesn't require GPL/LGPL code, and works really well. I'm skeptical they did it
(certainly, nobody else who produces streaming sticks does it).
Second, it says
"2. All source codes provided by Matchstick shall be granted to you under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) Version 2.0. You hereby agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the MPL 2.0 for any software and source code provided by Matchstick."
This would also be highly problematic if it includes code under any other license.
Plus, the last line, humorously, goes from talking about sourc e code, to saying you agree to be bound to MPL 2.0 for software and source code provided by matchstick.
While likely a drafting mistake, given the EULA has no integration clause, i wonder what the effect would be.
- daveloyall 12y agoMy guess is that Mozilla doesn't know about this.
- smacktoward 12y agoThen they should probably read the EULA before promoting the project on Mozilla.org, no?
- daveloyall 12y agoI hopped into the #b2g irc channel and mentioned this thread. A user told me that s/he has notified someone who might be able to do something about it. I guess they have a bug/ticket open somewhere which they use to track "brand use" issues. In my mind, the appropriate outcome is that the EULA be removed. It's obviously the work of someone attempting to cover their bases while not being knowledgeable about software licensing.
- DannyBee 12y agoNot shocked. I've now been notified that there a bunch of fishy legal things about this project, it turns out the EULA is not the only issue.
- DannyBee 12y agoNot shocked. I've now been notified that there a bunch of fishy legal things about this project, it turns out the EULA is not the only issue.