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And that's totally fine :). It's worth noting that as a derivative of the FSL/BSL in four calendar years everything will be released back to the community under the MPL-2.0.

The shell implementation is already under the MPL-2.0 and worth a look at for anyone who's interested https://github.com/noisysockets/shell

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> It's worth noting that as a derivative of the FSL/BSL in four calendar years everything will be released back to the community under the MPL-2.0.

A 4-year-old version of security-critical software. You understand why this is less than compelling?

>It's worth noting that as a derivative of the FSL/BSL i

Maybe, but we don't know until we hire a lawyer to check it out. And we don't.

On the other hand, I don't think you can afford a lawyer to defend your bespoke license either.

In either case, the license is meaningless.

Clearly not meaningless if you’re avoiding using it to avoid risk of infringement

It's the same as no license.

It's a license that hasn't been reviewed by legal, which is not the same as no license.

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