Talk:European Union Public Licence

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Article claims the Commission can terminate licenses. Having read the text, I don't see how that's even vaguely supportable, and it's not cited, so I'm taking that claim out. 83.67.74.208 20:32, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My revision

I took out a bunch of stuff that seemed like discussion stuff, and reworded a lot to make it more concise and encyclopedic. Overall, though, this article has a lot of good information and gave me a good first impression of the EUPL (which I hadn't heard of before today). My edits are here: [[1]]

Now the article just needs some citations for specific facts (sorry I didn't get to that...) and I think it's good to go. (Oh, and just because I said I tried to make it more encyclopedic doesn't mean I think my version is definitive... keep hacking away at it, this is Wikipedia!) Cherry Cotton 05:06, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] EUPL revokable?

I'm wondering if the link to "the EUPL revokable?" should be taken out as misleading. The concern voiced in that link is real because the English formulation "The new version of the Licence becomes binding for You as soon as You become aware of its publication." is unfortunate as it suggests that new versions of the license replace old ones. However, if you read the German or French versions (which are equally official! This is unlike the GPL where only the English text governs) it is clear that the intention is "The new version of the Licence becomes applicable to You as soon as You become aware of its publication." Keeping in mind that a licence is a means to convey rights you otherwise don't have, this is IMHO clear in its meaning that "You may exercise the rights given to You under the new version as soon as You take notice of it."

Any other interpretation would be nonsensical since the EUPL explicitly permits relicensing under the GPL v2, so you could always escape any new restrictions via this path.

Furthermore the "as soon as You become aware of its publication." is a very clear hint to the proper reading of this paragraph as conveying new rights rather than new restrictions. It would be silly to condition new restrictions on someone becoming aware of them, because you would end up with a group of people not bound by the new restrictions by virtue of ignorance. The standard way to establish new restrictions in the proprietary world is to make them effective from the date of being published, regardless of whether licensees become aware of the new terms or not. That this is not being done here is a clear indication that it's not what's intended. Finally, you need to consider the source. This is not a company license. It's intended for licensing taxpayer funded government projects. Commercial exploitation by the EU would not even be legal, so it's silly to expect trickery here. 194.113.40.219 (talk) 08:32, 14 May 2008 (UTC)