Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] resolving ambiguities in OSD [was Re: For Approval: License Zero Reciprocal Public License]

2017-10-25 Thread Rick Moen
I've moved this to license-discuss because I'm not sure this is part of discussion of any licence being evaluated, any more. I could be wrong (and am certainly not criticising upthread posts). Quoting Luis Villa (l...@lu.is): > Again, OSI would be well-served by actually writing down the

Re: [License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-10-25 Thread John Cowan
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Lindsay Patten wrote: > Can you clarify whether you can you put a copy of a work in the public > domain while maintaining a license on another copy? Or is it the work > itself that is placed in the public domain, and any ability to

Re: [License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-10-25 Thread Diane Peters
It's the former if you're using CC0. The work itself -- in whatever form and whatever the number of copies -- is placed as nearly as possible in the public domain. You could try to enforce a license on a particular copy, but you can't enforce it as a matter of copyright and related rights (as

Re: [License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-10-25 Thread Lindsay Patten
Thank you for your quick response! Can you clarify whether you can you put a copy of a work in the public domain while maintaining a license on another copy?  Or is it the work itself that is placed in the public domain, and any ability to enforce copyright on any copies has been surrendered?

Re: [License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-10-25 Thread John Cowan
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Lindsay Patten wrote:. > > My understanding of CC0 is that it is a declaration that you have placed > the work in the public domain, with a fallback license in case the law in a > particular jurisdiction doesn't permit that. If the user

[License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-10-25 Thread Lindsay Patten
Hello, I'm hoping I can get a better understanding of the licenses associated with MakeHuman. MakeHuman is a program that allows you to generate 3D human characters, adjusting numerous parameters such as height, weight, gender, race, facial and body details, clothing, etc. etc.  The program