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From: "rob pike" <rob@pla...>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Kernighan interview (w/ Plan 9 mention)
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:24:07 -0400

> The grant back clause in the Plan 9 Open Source licence 4.0 does not
> relate to your applications.  It is designed, on my reading, to
> give rights to Lucent (Original Contributor) and other Contributors
> (the rest of us) to get access to modifications made on the original source.

That is indeed the intent.

> On my reading, neither Lucent nor anyone else has any lien over an
> application that you develop under Plan 9.

True again.  I'm hoping to spring clearer wording from the lawyers;
this clause has caused much misunderstanding.

-rob