Z:gnu-www-ja-netscape-npl-old--abefb0-The Netscape Public License or/en

The Netscape Public License or NPL represents a serious attempt to design new free software distribution terms. It is an interesting attempt, but it has major flaws which need to be corrected. One flaw is so serious that we should regard it as making a program nonfree. The others have diverse consequences: one sends a bad philosophical message, while another creates a major practical problem for the free software community.