Sublicensing may only occur under similar terms of the original license. Its retaliatory clauses are similar to those used in AFL license. The reciprocity concept is clearly stated in section § 1(c) that effectively authorizes software distribution. The part which effectively states that "with the proviso that copies of Original Work or Derivative Works that You distribute or communicate shall be licensed under this Open Software License" (PrestaShop,2012). This statement of reciprocity a well as the definitions of Derivative Works in section § 1(b) is noted by Rosen (2007) to have serious consequences on the use as well as re-distribution of PrestaShop as an OSL-based derivative work.

The use of OSL 3.0 on Patented and Copyrighted Software as well as other Works

The main goal of the OSL 3.0 is to effectively authorize recipients of a given Original Work to adequately exercise any of the copyright and patent rights of...
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