Re: Vita Nuova Liberal Source License falsely claims Free Software compatibility

[Paul Jarc]

Adam <kinema@gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem is that section 8.4 of the license seems to contradict the FSF's
> definition if Free Software.
>
>    8.4.  VITA NUOVA may from time to time and at its sole  dis-
>          cretion  publish  a revised and/or new version of this
>          LICENCE which shall then govern the licensing  of  all
>          copies  of  LICENSED  SOFTWARE  supplied by VITA NUOVA
>          after the posting of  such  revised  or  new  licence.

It sounds like the new license would only apply to copies downloaded
after the new license was published.  If you received a copy before
that, the old license terms would still apply to you.  I don't see a
problem with this.  It's just like GPLv1 -> GPLv2.


paul