[pp.int.general] 3-step usage rights / forced licensing model

Stephane Bakhos nuitari at pirateparty.ca
Tue Nov 3 13:59:17 CET 2009


> I do not think anyone suggested that all software should be free
> (unrealistic today?), it is a choice of the creator/owner. We discussed the
> suggested RMS escrow solution.

One of the avenues debated during PPCA discussions is to have copyright 
terms of 5 years for software, renewable once or twice if the source code 
is placed into the government escrow or released under a irrevocable GPL / 
LGPL license.


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