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Re: [epl-discuss] Concrete suggestions for changes to the EPL
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On 18/03/2015 4:23 PM, Richard Fontana wrote:
> * /Scope of Copyright License: /The applicability of the EPL is
> restricted to code and documentation, rather than all copyrightable
> materials.
This might have unintended bad consequences - suppose a source
repository today just gives EPL as the license and includes some image
files? (What is the rationale for making the restriction?)
I think this sort of provision would be unprecedented for an open
source license, regardless of whether it's a good thing.
Interesting. I hadn't thought that this suggestion would be
controversial. I stand corrected.
Just out of curiousity, what is the unintended bad consequence of
applying the EPL to image files?
Perhaps a simpler and more conservative change would be to replace "code
and documentation" with "code _or_ documentation". I have heard people
assert that unless the documentation is accompanying some code that it
is not covered by the EPL.
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Mike Milinkovich
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