Re: updating the MPL

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On 03/10/2010 12:45 PM, Luis Villa wrote:
> Hello, Fedora legal geeks.
> 
> Earlier today Mozilla announced that we're launching a community
> process to update, simplify, and modernize the MPL. You can find more
> information about the process at http://mpl.mozilla.org/
> 
> We're planning to address issues relevant to this group such as making
> the license more generic, (hopefully) reducing the number of duplicate
> licenses, and making the license easier to understand (so that Fedora
> contributors aren't worrying about what it means).  We're fairly
> confident that the updated version will continue to fulfill the
> requirements of the Open Source Definition

It is worth noting that we need it to continue to fulfil the
requirements of the Free Software Definition. Bonus brownie points if
you can gain compatibility with GPLv2 & GPLv3 without dual licensing. ;)

~spot, Fedora Legal Geek

P.S. No claiming that the new MPL doesn't apply to binaries!
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