Re: [BlueObelisk-discuss] Fwd: [InChI-discuss] Licensing of InChI software

2010-08-01 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 5:00 AM, Andrew Dalke da...@dalkescientific.com wrote: On Jul 31, 2010, at 12:30 AM, Egon Willighagen wrote: some legal framework kicks in to overcome this problem... I'm pretty sure it works something like that with copyright on books too... not? Not. Orphan works -

Re: [BlueObelisk-discuss] Fwd: [InChI-discuss] Licensing of InChI software

2010-07-31 Thread Noel O'Boyle
On 30 July 2010 19:51, Geoffrey Hutchison geo...@pitt.edu wrote: even if all the code was rewritten, the code ownership would not change at least if the changes are incremental. If this is true, you might be unable to relicense OpenBabel without permission from OpenEye even if all the original

Re: [BlueObelisk-discuss] Fwd: [InChI-discuss] Licensing of InChI software

2010-07-31 Thread Konstantin Tokarev
What's the meaning of less restrictive license? It's the GPLv2. It's not compatible with GPLv3, but then GPLv3 isn't compatible with GPLv2, so why not call them both restrictive? Both of them are restrictive without doubt -- Regards, Konstantin

Re: [BlueObelisk-discuss] Fwd: [InChI-discuss] Licensing of InChI software

2010-07-31 Thread Andrew Dalke
On Jul 31, 2010, at 12:30 AM, Egon Willighagen wrote: some legal framework kicks in to overcome this problem... I'm pretty sure it works something like that with copyright on books too... not? Not. Orphan works - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_works See also abandonware -

[BlueObelisk-discuss] Fwd: [InChI-discuss] Licensing of InChI software

2010-07-30 Thread Peter Murray-Rust
I am forwarding the following open request from OpenEye through the InChI-discuss list. Now that gthe details are clear I would be grateful if the critical aspects could be re-reviewed. There is an issue for me and a co-author and I'd like to know authoritatively what the implications of

Re: [BlueObelisk-discuss] Fwd: [InChI-discuss] Licensing of InChI software

2010-07-30 Thread Craig James
On 7/30/10 9:48 AM, Peter Murray-Rust wrote: I am forwarding the following open request from OpenEye through the InChI-discuss list. Now that gthe details are clear I would be grateful if the critical aspects could be re-reviewed. There is an issue for me and a co-author and I'd like to know

Re: [BlueObelisk-discuss] Fwd: [InChI-discuss] Licensing of InChI software

2010-07-30 Thread Jean Brefort
Le vendredi 30 juillet 2010 à 10:16 -0700, Craig James a écrit : On 7/30/10 9:48 AM, Peter Murray-Rust wrote: I am forwarding the following open request from OpenEye through the InChI-discuss list. Now that gthe details are clear I would be grateful if the critical aspects could be

Re: [BlueObelisk-discuss] Fwd: [InChI-discuss] Licensing of InChI software

2010-07-30 Thread Geoffrey Hutchison
even if all the code was rewritten, the code ownership would not change at least if the changes are incremental. If this is true, you might be unable to relicense OpenBabel without permission from OpenEye even if all the original code is rewritten. Actually, what Craig is referencing (I