Re: Use license of another project, even, when it's changed

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On 07/24/2013 11:02 AM, Miro Hrončok wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to release my code under the following terms. Could you
> please tell, whether the statement is clear?
> 
> ==========
> Anyone can use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
> purpose with or without fee under the same terms as the rpmlint project
> [0], provided that rpmlint license stays both GPL compatible [1] and OSI
> approved [2].
> 
> [0] https://sourceforge.net/projects/rpmlint/
> [1] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLCompatibleLicenses
> [2] http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical
> ==========

The part about "provided that rpmlint license stays..." is not clear at
all. Are you trying to permit people to sublicense? If so, why not
simply use MIT? It seems like you're trying to grant restricted
sublicensing... and I'm not sure if that is Free.

~tom

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