Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Ken Arromdee
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Michael Poole wrote: > It is not a fee: implicit warranty and similar liabilities are created > by law. Where a warranty disclaimer applies, it is because the > relevant law allows that warranty to be disclaimed. I'm not sure that's a distinction. After all, a fee applies w

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Michael Poole
Sean Kellogg writes: > On Sunday 31 July 2005 06:35 pm, Michael Poole wrote: >> >> It is not discrimination: every user is treated identically. > > Same with the petting an animal... everyone has to do it. Did you know that > pre-18 years olds CANNOT agree to a waiver of liability? Seems waiver

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 07:03:18PM -0700, Sean Kellogg wrote: > > > But, if I grant your point, and accept that the DFSG protects my right to > > > all those things, why doesn't it invalidate licenses that waive liability > > > to the distributor? Isn't that my inaliable right... a fee I must pay

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Sunday 31 July 2005 06:35 pm, Michael Poole wrote: > Sean Kellogg writes: > > On Sunday 31 July 2005 06:45 am, Michael Poole wrote: > >> In contrast to choice of law, choice of venue requires users who are > >> not normally subject to that court's personal jurisdiction to give up > >> a right th

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Michael Poole
Sean Kellogg writes: > On Sunday 31 July 2005 06:45 am, Michael Poole wrote: >> In contrast to choice of law, choice of venue requires users who are >> not normally subject to that court's personal jurisdiction to give up >> a right they normally have to use the software. Take your pick >> whethe

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Michael K. Edwards
It amuses me to make the comparison between Mr. Kellogg's credentials and my own. I am no undergrad either; shedding that status took me four tries, two universities, and just over seven years. I graduated in Physics with no distinction to speak of, in December 1995, and it was rather an anticlim

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Joe Smith
Now, I recognize that I am still "in school" and haven't "taken the bar." But I'm no dummy. That being said, I have a lot to learn... but based on the conversations on this list, I think I'm about as qualified as anyone else to point out that the term "available" is different from "distribu

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Sunday 31 July 2005 07:44 am, Andrew Suffield wrote: > An undergrad law student. Letting law undergrads write licenses is at > least as bad as letting CS undergrads write code (and CS students > don't have to undergo further training before they can practice). And > lawyers who've just passed th

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Sunday 31 July 2005 06:45 am, Michael Poole wrote: > Sean Kellogg writes: > > On Saturday 30 July 2005 02:26 pm, Michael Janssen wrote: > >> Sean Kellogg u.washington.edu> writes: > >> > >> [8< Cut Venue Clause and re-writing 8<] > >> > >> > Hmm... Personally, I'm not convinced that venue clau

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Michael Janssen
Francesco Poli winstonsmith.info> writes: > I've just re-read the relevant threads, and I do not agree that the two > above mentioned clauses are the only issues. [...] > Consequently, the issues to be solved are, at least, > . one in clause 4b > . one in 4c > . _two_ in 13 Okay, I have rew

Re: LGPL module linked with a GPL lib

2005-07-31 Thread Michael K. Edwards
On 7/31/05, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe a license that fits Michael's needs, but definitely *not* a > DFSG-free one: unfortunately, at the moment, there are no CC licenses > that comply with the DFSG... I do not, at present, need a license at all; I am perfectly content with

Re: LGPL module linked with a GPL lib

2005-07-31 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:11:15 +0200 Diego Biurrun wrote: > On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 11:30:15AM -0700, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > > On 7/30/05, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, let's say "Almost All Rights Reserved". > > > Anyway, it's still really far away from a DFSG-free docu

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 05:20:40PM -0700, Sean Kellogg wrote: > On Saturday 30 July 2005 04:38 pm, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 08:55:33AM -0700, Sean Kellogg wrote: > > > Hmm... Personally, I'm not convinced that venue clauses are non-free. > > > But if they are willing to

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Michael Poole
Sean Kellogg writes: > On Saturday 30 July 2005 02:26 pm, Michael Janssen wrote: >> Sean Kellogg u.washington.edu> writes: >> >> [8< Cut Venue Clause and re-writing 8<] >> >> > Hmm... Personally, I'm not convinced that venue clauses are non-free. >> > But if they are willing to drop a venue req

Re: LGPL module linked with a GPL lib

2005-07-31 Thread Raul Miller
On 7/30/05, Michael K. Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/30/05, Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I count four issues the judge considered, with a bit of detail on each > > of those issues. > > I didn't say six "issues". I said "six reasons why it would be > inappropriate to gran

Re: LGPL module linked with a GPL lib

2005-07-31 Thread Diego Biurrun
On Sat, Jul 30, 2005 at 11:30:15AM -0700, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > On 7/30/05, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, let's say "Almost All Rights Reserved". > > Anyway, it's still really far away from a DFSG-free document: that's > > basically what I meant... > > Oddly enough, the

Re: LGPL module linked with a GPL lib

2005-07-31 Thread Michael K. Edwards
I wrote: > The contributory / direct infringement difference is kind of > interesting from a tactical point of view ... followed by some discussion about the Micro Star opinion that was more inarticulate than usual. The point I was trying to make, in sentences of 25 words or less: The important p

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Sean Kellogg
On Sunday 31 July 2005 12:13 am, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > On 7/30/05, Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > > ... choice-of-venue clauses just keep people from playing > > the venue shopping game. > > Is there actually anywhere in the world that a choice-of-venue clause > in a co

Re: BitTorrent Open Source License (Proposed Changes)

2005-07-31 Thread Michael K. Edwards
On 7/30/05, Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > ... choice-of-venue clauses just keep people from playing > the venue shopping game. Is there actually anywhere in the world that a choice-of-venue clause in a contract of adhesion is worth the paper it isn't written on? I wouldn't thi