On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
> Er, the licence steward's opinion on that substantive legal question
> (such as it is) strikes me as lacking relevance. Either the licence as
> a work is copyrightable in accordance with its own separate nature, or
> it isn't. The judge isn't g
Quoting Ben Reser (b...@reser.org):
> It's not likely to be in front of a judge if the license steward says that.
I certainly never turn up my nose if someone offers me promissory
estoppel, but I'm not sure a licence steward venting an amateur opinion[1]
about the copyrightability of his/her crea
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
> I certainly never turn up my nose if someone offers me promissory
> estoppel, but I'm not sure a licence steward venting an amateur opinion[1]
> about the copyrightability of his/her creation establishes estoppel.
>
> Anyway, that's an affirmativ
Rick Moen wrote:
> I certainly never turn up my nose if someone offers me promissory
> estoppel, but I'm not sure a licence steward venting an amateur
> opinion[1] about the copyrightability of his/her creation establishes
> estoppel.
Let me suggest a way around this issue. Remember that I starte
Quoting Ben Reser (b...@reser.org):
> > Anyway, that's an affirmative defence: It doesn't prevent litigation.
>
> I did say likely.
Specifically, you said no such licence was likely to 'be in front of a
judge', without saying exactly why you believed this.
In my experience, copyright infring
On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 08:21:14AM -0700, Ben Reser wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
> > Er, the licence steward's opinion on that substantive legal question
> > (such as it is) strikes me as lacking relevance. Either the licence as
> > a work is copyrightable in accorda
I will be out of the office starting 10/05/2012 and will not return until
10/09/2012.
The office is closed Monday October 8 for the holiday.
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On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> I think you mean it's not likely to be in front of a judge if the license
> steward *means* that. If the license steward *says* it, but doesn't
> really mean it (or changes his/her mind), (s)he may try suing anyway.
I meant what I said. I do
Hello,
On 10/05/2012 08:27 AM, Rick Moen wrote:
Quoting Kuno Woudt (k...@frob.nl):
Even if this is true, someone aiming to re-use the license text for
a new license may not want to rely on it.
I have my doubts about licences lacking expressive elements as that
concept is defined in copyright
On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 02:22:21PM -0700, Ben Reser wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> > I think you mean it's not likely to be in front of a judge if the license
> > steward *means* that. If the license steward *says* it, but doesn't
> > really mean it (or changes his
Quoting Kuno Woudt (k...@frob.nl):
> Considering this in an international context, it still seems better
> to explicitly license the license text. Is there any harm in doing
> so?
{shrug} 'Harm' is whatever the observer doesn't like, nei? ;->
As with all licensing, the licence is a tool aimed
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