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

[Rui Miguel Seabra]

The fact that there could be translation issues and that I don't know
what the contents of the draft proposal are is why I was asking for some
comments... 

'must allow' could mean that if it allows for redistribution it must be
in the same conditions.

Rui

On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 19:22, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
> 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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| but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
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