On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 11:10:18PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
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> The derivate-question itself has much more interesting examples. For
> example for which of the following examples is A a derivative of B?
>
> 1) program A, statically linked with a library B
> 2) program A, dynamically linker
On Fri, Mar 19, 1999 at 03:50:02PM -0500, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> "J.H.M. Dassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>What I need is a nicely phrased "despite what the GPL requires, it's OK to
>link this code against Qt and redistribute the resulting binaries"
> statement
>- can someone here pr
On Fri, Mar 19, 1999 at 09:33:44PM +0100, J.H.M. Dassen wrote:
> I've talked to the author of a Qt-using GPL-ed program about resolving the
> license issue with his code; he's quite responsive.
>
> What I need is a nicely phrased "despite what the GPL requires, it's OK to
> link this code against
"J.H.M. Dassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
What I need is a nicely phrased "despite what the GPL requires, it's OK to
link this code against Qt and redistribute the resulting binaries" statement
- can someone here provide one?
I would put the following license on each file in the progra
I've talked to the author of a Qt-using GPL-ed program about resolving the
license issue with his code; he's quite responsive.
What I need is a nicely phrased "despite what the GPL requires, it's OK to
link this code against Qt and redistribute the resulting binaries" statement
- can someone here
Jules writes:
> I checked with my local friendly software lawyer. He said that minors
> can enter into copyright licenses - the key point being that a copyright
> license *gives* a right which the minor didn't have before (so he can't
> complain it's restricting him).
My thinking exactly. I'm al
Ben Pfaff writes:
> Boy, I hope that doesn't invalidate all the code (and copyright
> assignments) I wrote for FSF and Debian before I turned 18 :-)
Did you get your mother to sign for you :-)
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>A more serious question is whether a minor can license his own work without
>his guardian's consent. I don't think he can. I think that a court would
>rule that in doing so he is giving up valuable rights and that he is not
>competen
Ben Pfaff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> A more serious question is whether a minor can license his own work without
>> his guardian's consent. I don't think he can.
> Boy, I hope that doesn't invalidate all the code (and copyright
> assignments) I wrote
Ian Jackson writes ("Re: APSL Hidden Nasty's"):
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> Copyright law makes it a civil offence to do certain things to a
> copyrighted work without permission (called a licence) from the
> copyright holder. Children can in most jurisdictions be held
> responsible for civil offences they commit.
I s
Jules Bean writes ("Re: APSL Hidden Nasty's"):
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> There is a license.
>
> I quote from the book in my hands
>
> "Copyright (c) 1997,1996 O'Reilly and Associates, Inc. All rights
> reserved."
>
> Thats a license. The most restrictive around.
No, it's a copyright notice. It's precisely NOT a
On 18 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote:
> Jules Bean writes:
> > But you think that minors cannot work on GPL programs?
>
> I said *if* a minor cannot agree to the GPL. I'm not entirely certain he
> can't.
>
> It is my understanding that the theory behind the unenforceability of
> contracts with min
John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
A more serious question is whether a minor can license his own work without
his guardian's consent. I don't think he can. I think that a court would
rule that in doing so he is giving up valuable rights and that he is not
competent to make the
Jules Bean writes:
> But you think that minors cannot work on GPL programs?
I said *if* a minor cannot agree to the GPL. I'm not entirely certain he
can't.
It is my understanding that the theory behind the unenforceability of
contracts with minors is that they are considered to be unable to
unde
That is the correct legal conclusion...
so there ;)
NatePuri
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On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Jules Bean wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Bruce Sass wrote:
>
> > On 16 Mar 1999, Henning Makholm wrote:
>
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