> c) to distribute or communicate copies of the Original Work > and Derivative Works to the public, with the proviso that > copies of Original Work or Derivative Works that You > distribute or communicate shall be licensed under this > Non-Profit Open Software License or as provided in section 17(d); Is this a viral clause similar to that found in the GPL which makes numerous commercial developers purposely avoid incorporating such code into theirs? And in the IETF context, wouldn't this clause encourage developers to create implementations that ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH IETF STANDARDS? Of course, IANAL but I really don't see why the IETF couldn't use a licence which is basically the MIT or BSD licence possibly along with some language about granting a patent license. Is there a reason why the IETF does not submit its prospective license to the OSI for approval? They know more about Open Source licences than anyone. There is more information here <http://www.opensource.org/approval> --Michael Dillon _______________________________________________ IETF mailing list IETF@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf