[Libre-soc-org] [Bug 1208] create contributor license agreement

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https://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1208

--- Comment #4 from Jacob Lifshay <programmerjake at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton from comment #3)
> (In reply to Jacob Lifshay from comment #2)
> > I think we should have the license be (SPDX syntax):
> > LGPL-3.0+ OR GPL-2.0 OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-or-later OR (whatever OPF
> > needs)
> 
> it needs to be an AND not an OR. otherwise there is a choice not to
> release under one explicit chosen license.

it needs to be OR, not AND, because having *the license* be A OR B means any
contributors must license under each and every license for *all* licenses
listed in order to satisfy the whole OR expression (allow downstream users to
be the ones that pick which license(s) to follow). if it were AND, that would
instead restrict *users* meaning anyone using any of our code would have to
follow all stipulations of all licenses *combined*, which realistically means
they have major problems since some of those licenses have contradicting
clauses such as GPL vs. GFDL:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2003/04/msg00258.html

the contributor license agreement would say contributors have to agree to
license under the *combined license expression*:
LGPL-3.0+ OR GPL-2.0 OR ...

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