Re: [License-discuss] FAQ entry on CLAs

2015-01-17 Thread John Cowan
Engel Nyst scripsit: There is probably no way to make a statement like this without taking a position, and the above does that. It's saying that inbound agreements are something else than open licenses, fulfill an unspecified need that open licenses don't. That open licenses are meant to be

Re: [License-discuss] FAQ entry on CLAs

2015-01-17 Thread Engel Nyst
On 01/16/2015 08:02 PM, Allison Randal wrote: The text is out-of-date, and wrong in some places. OSI is in the process of a refresh on the whole site, updating or removing a lot of old cruft, and this will get swept as part of it. That's good to hear, thank you. If OSI wants to discuss or

Re: [License-discuss] 3-clause BSD and reverse engineering

2015-01-17 Thread Engel Nyst
On 01/16/2015 07:44 AM, Zluty Sysel wrote: Reverse engineering, decompilation, and/or disassembly of software provided in binary form under this license is prohibited. I'm wondering why you want this clause. Is the software in source form available under BSD or do you intend to make it

Re: [License-discuss] FAQ entry on CLAs

2015-01-17 Thread Lawrence Rosen
John Cowan wrote: Open source licenses grant things to whomever has the source code; Do you mean grant things to whomever accepts the terms and conditions of the license? /Larry -Original Message- From: John Cowan [mailto:co...@mercury.ccil.org] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015

Re: [License-discuss] FAQ entry on CLAs

2015-01-17 Thread John Cowan
Lawrence Rosen scripsit: Open source licenses grant things to whomever has the source code; Do you mean grant things to whomever accepts the terms and conditions of the license? Well, for some licenses. The BSD licenses don't appear to require any sort of acceptance: they just say We

Re: [License-discuss] FAQ entry on CLAs

2015-01-17 Thread Engel Nyst
On 01/17/2015 03:00 PM, John Cowan wrote: Engel Nyst scripsit: There is probably no way to make a statement like this without taking a position, and the above does that. It's saying that inbound agreements are something else than open licenses, fulfill an unspecified need that open licenses

[License-discuss] 3-clause BSD and reverse engineering

2015-01-17 Thread Zluty Sysel
Hi there, I was wondering if adding a clause to prevent reverse engineering to the standard 3-clause BSD license would violate any of the open source definition tenets. The additional clause would read something like this: Reverse engineering, decompilation, and/or disassembly of software

Re: [License-discuss] FAQ entry on CLAs

2015-01-17 Thread Allison Randal
On 01/16/2015 05:48 AM, Engel Nyst wrote: I'd like to open a discussion about fixing this text. The text is out-of-date, and wrong in some places. OSI is in the process of a refresh on the whole site, updating or removing a lot of old cruft, and this will get swept as part of it. If OSI

Re: [License-discuss] FAQ entry on CLAs

2015-01-17 Thread Allison Randal
On 01/16/2015 05:48 AM, Engel Nyst wrote: I'd like to open a discussion about fixing this text. The text is out-of-date, and wrong in some places. OSI is in the process of a refresh on the whole site, updating or removing a lot of old cruft, and this will get swept as part of it. If OSI

Re: [License-discuss] 3-clause BSD and reverse engineering

2015-01-17 Thread Johnny A. Solbu
On Friday 16. January 2015 13.44, Zluty Sysel wrote: I was wondering if adding a clause to prevent reverse engineering to the standard 3-clause BSD license would violate any of the open source definition tenets. The additional clause would read something like this: Reverse engineering,