Re: Notes on a license how-to

1999-07-30 Thread Alejandro Forero Cuervo
I got to thinking some about the license how-to thing. I *do* believe that a guide to selecting licenses *would* be useful. I was planning on writing that document. The following is the table of contents I thought it should have, as I wrote it two days ago: 1 Introduction Just s

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1999-07-30 Thread J C Lawrence
Are there any archives for this list? I'm particularly interested in discussion of not-quite-free licenses such as the BitKeeper license. -- J C Lawrence Life: http://www.kanga.nu/ Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -(*)Work (Linux/IA64): [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Beware of cr

Re: keeping patentable algorithm free

1999-07-30 Thread Jean-Paul Smets
Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:43:04 -0400 >From: John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> One easy and relatively inexpensive way to publish an algorithm with a >> legally verifiable date in the U.S. is to register it with the >

Re: keeping patentable algorithm free

1999-07-30 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:43:04 -0400 From: John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > One easy and relatively inexpensive way to publish an algorithm with a > legally verifiable date in the U.S. is to register it with the > U.S. copyright office. You can send th

Re: keeping patentable algorithm free

1999-07-30 Thread John Cowan
Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > One easy and relatively inexpensive way to publish an algorithm with a > legally verifiable date in the U.S. is to register it with the > U.S. copyright office. You can send them a program listing, and they > will basically file it with a timestamp. Sorry, not enough.

Re: Notes on a license how-to

1999-07-30 Thread J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 20:07:40 -0600, Jacques Chester wrote: > I got to thinking some about the license how-to thing. I *do* believe > that a guide to selecting licenses *would* be useful. Have you taken a look at Mark Koek, "Free Software Licensing"? (See http://linuxtoday.com/stories/

Notes on a license how-to

1999-07-30 Thread Jacques Chester
Hello again; On reflection I may have been a bit of a troll. Oh well ... I got to thinking some about the license how-to thing. I *do* believe that a guide to selecting licenses *would* be useful. Some topics might include: * The legal theory behind opensource/freedomware licenses * Issues of