[liberationtech] a privacy preserving and resilient social network

[Jonathan Wilkes]

On 06/28/2013 03:01 PM, Alireza Mahdian wrote:

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> To answer John: As I mentioned in an earlier post I have done this 
> protect myself from any liability if someone modifies the code 
> rendering it a malware. I may publish the service layer code 
> independently under a different license where anyone can modify it as 
> they want to. However I do understand your point.

Hi Alireza,
      If you get a free moment, I'd highly recommend emailing your 
concern to either or both of the FSF (Free Software Foundation) and the 
SFLC (Software Freedom Law Center).  I've found they are both very quick 
to advise on licensing issues, very knowledgeable, and can give you 
detailed information that you can use to hopefully find a better 
solution than adding your own terms to the Apache license. They are both 
very friendly organizations and can probably also recommend other 
resources for you on this issue:

info at fsf.org <mailto:info at fsf.org>

help at softwarefreedom.org <mailto:help at softwarefreedom.org>

I advise doing this because a license that does not look standard is a 
non-starter for building a community around your software (or even for 
people building something else using your ideas).  I'm convinced that if 
you take a modicum of time to communicate your concerns to these 
organizations they can help you arrive at a licensing scheme that does 
exactly what you want without hindering a potential development community.

-Jonathan
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