[od-discuss] Comparison of OGL-Canada v2.0 to OGL-Alberta v2.0

Mon Jun 24 17:49:27 UTC 2013

Here is the wdiff of the OGL-Canada v2.0 and the OGL-Alberta v2.0.  These
licenses are very similar but I wouldn't say they are the same license.
 The the Alberta license has an extra exemption which I think is enough to
say it's a different license.

Herb

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