Maybe Jason can explain the history of this so I include him specifically as a recipient.
Why is University of California the copyright holder? What was this other project that pushed for BSD? If that was Gentleware being formed then I think they now claim not to use any code from ArgoUML or GEF any more. Regards Bob. 2009/3/23 Andreas Rueckert <[email protected]>: > Hi! > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >> Datum: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:09:02 +0100 >> Von: Linus Tolke <[email protected]> >> An: [email protected] >> Betreff: Re: [argouml-dev] License change to Eclipse Public License > > --<snip>-- > >> Since it is many many years since we have been in contact with the Regents >> of the University of California and the only reason for having them as a >> copyright holder is because it was so initially, I have assumed that they >> don't care that much about ArgoUML. We would like to have the copyright >> holder a little closer to the actual work than that and someone that will >> speak on our behalf if needed. > > --<snip>-- > > They were the copyright holder, because AFAIK it was the only way to make > Argo OSS. > That took months of negotiations and some compromises like the BSD license > (because > Argo code was used in another project, that was commercial or at least not > OSS). > IIRC we were never told, what the other project was, so I have no clue if > they still > rely on some recent Argo code. > But I'd definitely talk to the UCI lawyers, before those licenses are > changed... > > Ciao, > Andreas > > -- > Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: > http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01 > > ------------------------------------------------------ > http://argouml.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=450&dsMessageId=1389562 > > To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: > [[email protected]]. > To be allowed to post to the list contact the mailing list moderator, email: > [[email protected]] > ------------------------------------------------------ http://argouml.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=450&dsMessageId=1389974 To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: [[email protected]]. To be allowed to post to the list contact the mailing list moderator, email: [[email protected]]
