Re: License issue?

2005-08-28 Thread Bill Davidsen
Joerg Schilling wrote: Bill Davidsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been reading the dvd+rw-tools FAQ and I have found this in there: === Version 5.6 adds support for Solaris 2.x [commercial licensing terms for distribution on Solaris are to be settled with Inserve Technology]. ===

Re: License issue?

2005-08-23 Thread Joerg Schilling
Volker Kuhlmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you are on this list for a long time, I would expect that you know that a company was named only because this company did violate the GPL. The version of cdrecord shipped by named company was clearly marked as modified, only you would expect a

Re: License issue?

2005-08-22 Thread Joerg Schilling
Bill Davidsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been reading the dvd+rw-tools FAQ and I have found this in there: === Version 5.6 adds support for Solaris 2.x [commercial licensing terms for distribution on Solaris are to be settled with Inserve Technology]. === As the

Re: License issue?

2005-08-22 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Looks like you did not get my point: why should there be a need to use a non GPL variant? I can think of a simple reason: to grant rights which the GPL doesn't grant, in return for some cash for further development. There probably are other valid reasons too. [cdrecord license:] As you are

Re: License issue?

2005-08-19 Thread Joerg Schilling
Greg Wooledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 07:43:59PM +0100, Alvaro Lopez Ortega wrote: === Version 5.6 adds support for Solaris 2.x [commercial licensing terms for distribution on Solaris are to be settled with Inserve Technology]. === I am wondering how is

Re: License issue?

2005-08-19 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:41:20PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: Once you put some code under a OSI compliant license, you cannot give someone else exclusive rights anymore. That is not correct. The copyright holder can give the code to Microsoft and say, Here, use this in the next version of

Re: License issue?

2005-08-19 Thread Joerg Schilling
Greg Wooledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 02:41:20PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: Once you put some code under a OSI compliant license, you cannot give someone else exclusive rights anymore. That is not correct. The copyright holder can give the code to Microsoft

Re: License issue?

2005-08-19 Thread Joerg Schilling
Volker Kuhlmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri 19 Aug 2005 00:32:53 NZST +1200, Joerg Schilling wrote: As the program claims to use the GPL, such note would not be legal and commercial use cannot be limited to a single company. Once you put some code under a OSI compliant license, you

Re: License issue?

2005-08-19 Thread Bill Davidsen
Joerg Schilling wrote: Alvaro Lopez Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have been reading the dvd+rw-tools FAQ and I have found this in there: === Version 5.6 adds support for Solaris 2.x [commercial licensing terms for distribution on Solaris are to be settled with

Re: License issue?

2005-08-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 07:43:59PM +0100, Alvaro Lopez Ortega wrote: === Version 5.6 adds support for Solaris 2.x [commercial licensing terms for distribution on Solaris are to be settled with Inserve Technology]. === I am wondering how is it possible to this be compatible with the GPL

Re: License issue?

2005-08-18 Thread Joerg Schilling
Alvaro Lopez Ortega [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have been reading the dvd+rw-tools FAQ and I have found this in there: === Version 5.6 adds support for Solaris 2.x [commercial licensing terms for distribution on Solaris are to be settled with Inserve Technology]. === As

Re: License issue?

2005-08-18 Thread Joerg Schilling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Andy (i guess) states on http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/solaris.com.html --- Clarification Note Commercial licensing terms for distribution on Solaris means that if a 3rd

License issue?

2005-08-17 Thread Alvaro Lopez Ortega
Hi all, I have been reading the dvd+rw-tools FAQ and I have found this in there: === Version 5.6 adds support for Solaris 2.x [commercial licensing terms for distribution on Solaris are to be settled with Inserve Technology]. === I am wondering how is it possible to this be compatible

Re: License issue?

2005-08-17 Thread scdbackup
Hi, Andy (i guess) states on http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/solaris.com.html --- Clarification Note Commercial licensing terms for distribution on Solaris means that if a 3rd party would like to include