Talk:Common Public License

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[edit] Link to the licence

Here's a link to the CPL text not tied to any project: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.php

The licence is published by IBM, and IBM is the copyright holder. This is important because IBM can publish updated versions, and IBM's published version (although surely identical) is the official version: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-cpl.html Gronky 14:11, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "commercial" - meaningless

A recent edit changed the article to say that the CPL differs from the GPL in that it allows "commercial" versions to be published in more situations. This is patently incorrect. All GPL's software can be sold and anyone can sell related services or charge for the service of distributing it. Sometimes people say "commercial" when they mean proprietary software or "non-free". I will change the article assuming the contributor made that mistake, but if someone who knows more about the CPL can confirm, that would be good. Gronky 14:11, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the sentence is too meaningless for me to even be able to guess how to fix it. Can someone read this and insert what it should say into the article? Thanks Gronky 14:15, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

A key difference is relicensing: one may compile a Program licensed under the CPL without modification and commercially license the result in accordance with the terms of the CPL.