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On 01/11/16 19:37, Michael Stahl wrote:
may i suggest you actually *read* the clauses of the MPLv2 that Michael
has pointed out as being particularly helpful, and then think about what
risks accepting code contributions under other licenses lacking such
clauses would expose TDF and downstream distributors to.

Hmmm... Basically that the contributor explicitly warrants that he has
the authority to grant those rights ...

(Incidentally, if I understand my UK law correctly, clause 8 could be
problematic although that's extremely unlikely in practice. Under
certain - in this case improbable - circumstances, the smaller party has
choice of venue, contract clauses notwithstanding :-)

Anyways, even if I'm not happy with this, sounds like I ought to bow out
of it.

(And the good news is, hopefully 11.1 will soon be irrelevant - it looks
like software patents - as in "software on a general purpose computer" -
will soon be dead in the water :-)

Cheers,
Wol

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