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So CPL is a one way street, the OSS HoverVac
CPL requires that the licensee share and distribute any modifications to the licensed Open Source code. On the other hand, it is non-viral in that does not require that a larger derivative work that incorporates this modified Open Source code also be distributed as Open Source.

SO I can take CPL code, and submitted improvements, use it in my project and claim it is proprietary and not release the code or credit the works of others?

Sounds like a bum deal to those who expect to be able to leverage the contributions of others in the community to improve their product ... that's one of the benefits of contributing your work into the OSS community, if its not recpriocated why bother?
Posted by: oldskool   Posted on: 04/06/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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MS is using XML  Enterprise Analyst | 04/06/04
MS also want to make sure SW gets installed on Windows  oldskool | 04/06/04
Whoa, say it in't so, MS tests the OSS model - duh!  oldskool | 04/06/04
or maybe...  LinuxHippie | 04/06/04
its an acknowlegement of the obvious  oldskool | 04/06/04
New technology and the future  Enterprise Analyst | 04/06/04
what's the diff. between GPL & CPL  dg mh | 04/06/04
The difference  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
So CPL is a one way street, the OSS HoverVac  oldskool | 04/06/04
It's a free world ...  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
watch me pull a rabbit out of your post ... its free!  oldskool | 04/06/04
wrong  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
Actually, you may both be wrong?  John Le'Brecage | 04/06/04
well cpl is really free then  V Sanders | 04/06/04
Um, I think you are wrong...  Patrick Jones | 04/06/04
Probably not clear enough  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
the point is  V Sanders | 04/06/04
restarting thread counter - derivative vs. value-added  oldskool | 04/06/04
Differences between GPL and CPL  dbkennerly@... | 04/08/04
The viral argument is misdirection - MS doesn't want its bugs fixed!  oldskool | 04/08/04
Hmmm....  bchesmer | 04/06/04
Windows Installer has been free since day one ...  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
Windows Installer has been free  bchesmer | 04/06/04
What the article states is ...  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
No not at all....  bchesmer | 04/06/04
No not at all....  seosamh_z | 04/06/04
Hell froze!  ricardo-lopes | 04/06/04
re: hell froze  kb0old1978 | 04/06/04
Wow  CobraA1 | 04/06/04
from Ars:  ryusen | 04/06/04
(NT) Quick ! . . . Duck ! . . . Pigs are Flying !  Plain Logic | 04/06/04
why would they do this  V Sanders | 04/06/04
Not really  CobraA1 | 04/06/04
LINUX can't copy this - its COPYRIGHT MS  oldskool | 04/06/04
must be something in the water  V Sanders | 04/06/04
This is just the Microsoft method that has always been their own...  Confused by religion | 04/06/04
but are they willing to abandon their cash flow?  oldskool | 04/06/04
Message has been deleted.  Dave Mount | 04/07/04
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