[fielding@apache.org: Review of proposed Apache License, version 2.0]

2003-11-08 Thread Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader
- Forwarded message from Roy T. Fielding [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Roy T. Fielding [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Review of proposed Apache License, version 2.0 Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 00:33:17 -0800 To: announce@apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.552) The Apache Software Foundation is

Re: [fielding@apache.org: Review of proposed Apache License, version 2.0]

2003-11-08 Thread Brian M. Carlson
I am including the licenses inline. I will immediately follow up with comments, so that it is apparent which comments are mine and which are not. = == DO NOT PANIC! This is a draft for discussion purposes only. == ==

Re: [fielding@apache.org: Review of proposed Apache License, version 2.0]

2003-11-08 Thread Brian M. Carlson
BIG NOTICE: None of these licenses are official. They are all drafts. On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 10:03:55AM +, Brian M. Carlson wrote: I am including the licenses inline. I will immediately follow up with comments, so that it is apparent which comments are mine and which are not. 3.

Re: [fielding@apache.org: Review of proposed Apache License, version 2.0]

2003-11-08 Thread Don Armstrong
How Apache went from a rather decent 5 clause license to the proposed 11 clause license is a mystery to me. I strongly suggest the license be gone over with a fine toothed comb and searched for areas where it can be made more general and less specific. On Sat, 08 Nov 2003, Brian M. Carlson wrote:

Legality of .DEBS in Medialinux.

2003-11-08 Thread Marco Ghirlanda
Hi, I'm Marco Ghirlanda, Linux Advisor at the Virtual Reality and Multi Media Park of Turin, Italy. (www.vrmmp.it). We developed for our Open Source Lab (www.opensourcelab.it) a remastered version of the Knoppix Live Cd, Medialinux, wich includes most ot the audio, graphic and video software

Re: Bug#218832: ITP: libnettle -- a low-level cryptographic library

2003-11-08 Thread Branden Robinson
[Follows set to debian-legal.] On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:22:31PM -0500, John Belmonte wrote: If the library as a whole must be under GPL license, how is it significant that parts of it were once under LGPL or on the public domain? The purpose of the License field is to tell the user what

Re: Bug#218832: ITP: libnettle -- a low-level cryptographic library

2003-11-08 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 02:43:21PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: a single license apply to the work as a whole, as you say. What do you mean by once under the LGPL or public domain? What mechanism do you propose causes works to stop being licensed under the LGPL, or withdrawn from the

Re: Bug#218832: ITP: libnettle -- a low-level cryptographic library

2003-11-08 Thread John Belmonte
Branden, I don't disagree with anything you've stated regarding my sloppy arguments. However, as you are implying on a public forum that I don't grasp the subject matter of licenses, I'm going to defend myself a little. I wrote, unfortunately, If the library as a whole must be under GPL

Re: [fielding@apache.org: Review of proposed Apache License, version 2.0]

2003-11-08 Thread Adam Warner
On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 01:25, Don Armstrong wrote: 5. Reciprocity. If You institute patent litigation against a Contributor with respect to a patent applicable to software (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit), then any patent licenses granted by that

Re: [fielding@apache.org: Review of proposed Apache License, version 2.0]

2003-11-08 Thread Don Armstrong
On Sun, 09 Nov 2003, Adam Warner wrote: So you want companies to grant perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, fully paid-up and royalty free patent licenses that are completely irrevocable even when another company is using their software and suing them for software patent infringement? What