Re: Quick Reference For Choosing a Free Software License

2001-08-13 Thread John Cowan
Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. wrote: > Actually, adding case law is a good idea. I would recommend a conspicuous > disclaimer as a header and footer on the page. I forget whether I pointed to > the one at www.ecommercetax.com as an example. I note that this disclaimer does *not* say the contents of t

RE: Quick Reference For Choosing a Free Software License

2001-08-13 Thread Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
> > "Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My main suggestion, however, was that some of the text - - the legal > > stuff - - should be re-written so it is clear that an opinion > of the author > > is being expressed rather than a legal opinion being passed on by the > > author

Re: VENTURE CAPITAL

2001-08-13 Thread Russell Nelson
Brian Behlendorf writes: > On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Russell Nelson wrote: > > Any objection to my turning on this feature for license-discuss? Nobody has complained, so I'm going to implement it. > No, though I'm a bigger fan of the -mu options to ezmlm, i.e. you must be > a subscriber to post, o

Re: approval time

2001-08-13 Thread Russell Nelson
Sytze van Koningsveld writes: > Hi, > > Does someone know how much time - on average - it takes for a new license to > be approved by the OSI ? It depends on how controversial it is. If it's something like the X.Net license, where it's a relatively trivial change (specifying jurisdiction on

RE: Quick Reference For Choosing a Free Software License

2001-08-13 Thread Forrest J Cavalier III
"Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My main suggestion, however, was that some of the text - - the legal > stuff - - should be re-written so it is clear that an opinion of the author > is being expressed rather than a legal opinion being passed on by the > author. I agree that