Re: For Approval: Panda3D Public License Version 1.0

2004-02-21 Thread Jesse Schell
I apologize for my slow reply to the very sensible comments below. These all make sense to me, and I have discussed them with the other key members of the Panda3D team at Disney, and there is general agreement that these seem like reasonable suggestions (at least to the software developers). Unfor

Re: License Committee report

2004-02-21 Thread Ben Reser
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 08:20:49PM -0500, Russell Nelson wrote: > There is much discussion spent deciding whether NASA can copyright > software at all. The license itself says that no copyright is claimed > in the United States. > > The only serious concern that I can see is that the license req

Re: proliferation of open/free licenses: causation by what/whom?

2004-02-21 Thread John Cowan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit: > Lawyers often implement the business goals and decisions of their > clients, not choose or lead the decisions (I can say after working > in-house at 6 tech. vendors and from the outside with a hundred more.) Fair enough. I should have said "corporate lawyers and/or