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 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" - http://en.wi

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" - http://

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 Noel O'Boyle
On 30 July 2010 19:51, Geoffrey Hutchison 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 code is

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

2010-07-30 Thread Egon Willighagen
Hi Andrew, On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 3:28 AM, Andrew Dalke wrote: > Imagine if it the contributor had been one person who is now > a beach bum on some island in the South Pacific, and who is > impossible to contact. Would you have worse or better feelings > towards being unable to change the licens

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

2010-07-30 Thread Andrew Dalke
On Jul 30, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Jean Brefort wrote: > Somebody argued about the same kind of issue for another project (namely > Goffice, see https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463248) that > even if all the code was rewritten, the code ownership would not change > at least if the changes are

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 th

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

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 k

[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-licens