[Fwd: EDRI-gram - Number 6, 9 April 2003]

[Frank Heckenbach]

Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:

> Free Software Association -- Bulgaria' list members, can you comment on
> the following? As reported, the draft law would seem to discard all non
> copyleft Free Software, or is this a translation/miscommunication issue?

Are you referring to this?

> In the Bulgarian definition, free software must allow for:
>
> [...]
>
> - Modification and free distribution of changes as well as of the newly
> designed software under the same conditions as those of the original.

Also BSD licensed software, e.g., *allows* for distribution of
changes under the same conditions. It doesn't require it, so it also
allows for distribution under other conditions, but I don't see that
this would be forbidden.

IANAL, of course.

Frank

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