Re: [License-discuss] Is OSI still alive?

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 06:01:40PM +, Tzeng, Nigel H. wrote: > Just curious as I get crickets in license-review. > > I guess it must still be alive as I got asked for a donation...but an update > on NOSA v2 and UCL would be nice. Sorry Nigel, I have now responded on license-review. Richard

Re: [License-discuss] Using opensource in a company not in the software business

I agree with Ben. Lawyers with open source experience will dramatically decrease your costs. You should also consider consulting Heather Meeker’s book:

Re: [License-discuss] Using opensource in a company not in the software business

Nigel's list is biased towards paranoia. Paranoia is a healthy default But it is OK, for example, to ship useful standalone GPL tools to customers in a zip file that happens to also contain proprietary code of yours that does not use those tools. As always, if in doubt you should consult a

Re: [License-discuss] Is OSI still alive?

Define alive. This mailing list works... On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Tzeng, Nigel H. wrote: > Just curious as I get crickets in license-review. > > I guess it must still be alive as I got asked for a donation…but an update > on NOSA v2 and UCL would be nice. > >

Re: [License-discuss] Using opensource in a company not in the software business

Cindy advice is best but the quick and dirty answer for you given the two things you stated: * We do not modify or enhance the open source code of the used libraries. * At last, our code must be kept as proprietary and we don’t consider providing the source code using the opens source

Re: [License-discuss] Using opensource in a company not in the software business

You _are_ in the software business. The correct person to evaluate your case is your lawyer. As Woolley said, regardless of which the license of the software you choose uses, you still have responsibility under open source license, and your customers have expectations as provided for by the

Re: [License-discuss] Using opensource in a company not in the software business

On 28/11/16 10:23, FREJAVILLE Etienne wrote: Second, I would like to understand what 'distribution' stands for. Giving the software to your customer constitutes distribution, and will generally trigger any rights they have under the open source licence.

[License-discuss] Using opensource in a company not in the software business

Hello, I'm sorry for asking a question that has probably been answered in the past, but I couldn't find a clear and precise answer on the subject on your website or any web resource. We are a private company and we wonder how to deal with developments using open source. First of all we are