Re: notification requirements [was Re: MPL Alpha 1 Draft Released]

  On 8/19/10 5:10 PM, Ben Bucksch wrote:
> On 19.08.2010 20:16, Luis Villa wrote:
>> I think we meant this general situation to be covered by the new 3.4:
>> "You may not remove or alter any valid copyright or patent notices 
>> contained within the Source Code form of the Covered Software, or any 
>> valid notices of licensing."
>
> I know, but that's not enough.
> If I wrote the whole network library, I still wouldn't appear in the 
> Help | About box.
> Similarly, if I take Gecko and build my own browser UI around it, I 
> don't remove any noticed and don't have to credit anything.
>
>> This still 'gives credit'
>
> Unfortunately, it does not.
>
> The above mentioned problems didn't exist in the old wording, it was 
> much clearer, and had no loopholes.
It actually had a pretty big loophole in practice, which is that it only 
covered the Initial Developer and not later contributors. But I see your 
general point.

Anyone else have thoughts/opinions on this issue?

Luis

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