Re: [License-discuss] Copyright Free Software Foundation, but license not GPL

2013-04-17 Thread Bruce Perens
On 4/17/2013 10:12 AM, Karl Fogel wrote: Bruce Perens writes: Karl, Robin means that the work is dedicated to FSF and placed under a BSD or MIT license. These are compatible with the GPL and FSF is fine with it. Er, yes. (Was there something I said that contradicted that

Re: [License-discuss] Copyright Free Software Foundation, but license not GPL

2013-04-17 Thread Bruce Perens
Karl, Robin means that the work is dedicated to FSF and placed under a BSD or MIT license. These are compatible with the GPL and FSF is fine with it. Thanks Bruce On 4/17/2013 10:04 AM, Karl Fogel wrote: Robin Winning writes: I am a contracts manager at software company, and in

Re: [License-discuss] what would de-listing of licenses look like?

2013-03-07 Thread Bruce Perens
We appreciate what we got. But my point is that maybe with a well written license Victoria Hall would have finished the case on her own in the lower court. Lawrence Rosen wrote: >I note that the plaintiff in the Jacobsen v Katzer case won on appeal >to the >CAFC. So reading the judge's decisio

Re: [License-discuss] what would de-listing of licenses look like?

2013-03-07 Thread Bruce Perens
that the Artistic License 1.0 text is self-invalidating. It's not so clear that a better drafted license would have reduced us to basing the appeal on the economic value of attribution alone. Thanks Bruce Ben Tilly wrote: >I do not believe that you are fairly describing the cause of

Re: [License-discuss] what would de-listing of licenses look like?

2013-03-06 Thread Bruce Perens
10:15 PM, John Cowan >wrote: >> Bruce Perens scripsit: >> >>> So, what the Artistic License 1.0 made much more difficult for the >>> poor Open Source developer is exactly what I'd like to fix. And yet >>> the Artistic 1.0 is not the one I thought of fir

Re: [License-discuss] what would de-listing of licenses look like?

2013-03-06 Thread Bruce Perens
ce developer is exactly what I'd like to fix. And yet the Artistic 1.0 is not the one I thought of first upon seeing this discussion in progress. We have much worse. Thanks Bruce John Cowan wrote: >Bruce Perens scripsit: > >And yet the Artistic License 1.0, which is ri

Re: [License-discuss] what would de-listing of licenses look like?

2013-03-06 Thread Bruce Perens
h advice from an attorney on whether the suggested problems are really problems. Thanks Bruce On 03/06/2013 08:23 PM, Luis Villa wrote: On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Richard Fontana wrote: The Frameworx license is one of those OSI-approved licenses that I believe was approved &quo

Re: [License-discuss] List moderation and CoC enforcement [was Re: proposal for revising (and making relevant) the code of conduct]

2013-01-05 Thread Bruce Perens
> * *On-list*: discussing conduct on-list, either as part of another message or as a standalone thread, is always acceptable. Pretty often this sort of discussion has triggered an instant flame-fest. And I have to agree with John. If there's a breach of civility, direct confrontation is unlikely

Re: [License-discuss] License which requires watermarking? (Attribution Provision)

2013-01-01 Thread Bruce Perens
mp;A intellectual property audit in better shape than otherwise. I do know a company that spent money, including on me, to argue just this sort of issue recently. They spent more than most businesses would be able to endure. Thanks Bruce On 01/01/2013 05:23 PM, Lawrence Rosen w

Re: [License-discuss] License which requires watermarking? (Attribution Provision)

2013-01-01 Thread Bruce Perens
On 01/01/2013 02:08 PM, Ken Arromdee wrote: Some people use ordinary GPL on libraries with the intent of crippling competing commercial reuse (since any competitors have to release their source and competitors wouldn't want to do that). Is the GPL also considered unfree when applied to libra

Re: [License-discuss] Permissive but anti-patent license

2012-12-24 Thread Bruce Perens
Incidental copying is always necessary for use. You can make the license work that way. On 12/24/2012 05:03 AM, David Woolley wrote: My understanding is that US copyright law doesn't restrict use of software (UK law does). If that is correct, you will need to form a contract at the time of su

Re: [License-discuss] Adobe DNG SDK License Agreement

2012-10-22 Thread Bruce
The documentation license isn't OSD compliant, it limits number of copies and disallows derivative works. The software license looks like it could be. ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-10 Thread Bruce Perens
On 09/10/2012 01:38 PM, Rick Moen wrote: Quoting Karl Fogel (kfo...@red-bean.com): It's better to question reasoning than motivations, on this list and probably most others. Karl, I question why you didn't call a halt when the discussion was obviously becoming a testosterone contest past the

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-07 Thread Bruce Perens
On 09/07/2012 11:24 AM, Rick Moen wrote: I don't think you are approaching this discussion with a serious attitude, attention to the subject, and/or a sense of perspective. Is this really a serious discussion? It sounds to me more like a contest of how many silly things some of us can get awa

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-06 Thread Bruce Perens
Larry wrote: I think it would be FAR more useful to have a simple license statement in the source tree of each program that points to the OFFICIAL version of that license on the OSI website. You are very optimistic regarding the longevity of OSI. <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-06 Thread Bruce Perens
the answer the same across all jurisdictions? It is easier to print the GPL than it is to even /start /analyzing questions like rights in a compilation vs. rights in a collective work. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Sig

[License-discuss] licenses and software in books

2012-09-06 Thread Bruce Perens
ndled as such. We had no power to issue waivers, since we weren't the copyright holder of the software. Thanks Bruce On 09/06/2012 02:55 PM, Rick Moen wrote: Quoting John Cowan (co...@mercury.ccil.org): The difficulty is that text often winds up in printed books, and then you e

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-05 Thread Bruce Perens
Arguing the merit of plain text vs. HTML is just Lilliput v. Blefuscu. Provide both, for different reasons. Plain-text is a better source for cut-and-paste operations. In general plain text divides the actual license text from any attached commentary, making it clear which is which. There is

Re: [License-discuss] relationship between opensource code and the copyrighted works it produces?

2012-09-05 Thread Bruce Perens
media.7.n6.nabble.com/Licensing-for-textures-within-SVG-files-td1473913.html Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org

Re: [License-discuss] OSI approved license without original license and reproduction of notices required in redistributions?

2012-07-16 Thread Bruce Perens
the United States, there is moral rights law, but it is often in state law. For example, the California Art Preservation Act. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Art_Preservation_Act> Thanks Bruce On 07/16/2012 07:16 AM, Johnny Solbu wrote: The reasoning behind it is to give

Re: [License-discuss] Is it possible to use code or knowledge from Manuals/Wiki/Blog/Resonal pages?

2012-07-10 Thread Bruce Perens
ive debate in the Oracle v. Google case regarding Java. It made it even more clear that the functional part of the Java specification was not copyrightable. You get to use the constants, function names, etc. The problem would not be copyright, but patents. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p

Re: [License-discuss] GPL linking exceptions

2012-07-05 Thread Bruce Perens
On 07/05/2012 06:30 PM, Chris Travers wrote: Generally RMS seems to think this is not permissible, and most other people outside the FSF don't listen. It is not permissible to modify the GPL text directly. That restriction has teeth. However, I can't think of a legal mechanism that could be app

Re: [License-discuss] GPL linking exceptions

2012-07-05 Thread Bruce Perens
invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU Public License. /Thanks Bruce/ / On 07/02/2012 09:48 AM, Felix Krause wrote: Hi everyone, does a linking exception to the GPL require approval, or may a software be called open source whenever it is licensed

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

2012-06-11 Thread Bruce Perens
On 06/11/2012 12:52 AM, Rick Moen wrote: {scratches head} I think you must somehow be massively misreading what I said. Perhaps you thought I'd expressed a view about using an API (somehow) creating a derivative work? I didn't say anything of the sort. It's regarding your statement: it does

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

2012-06-11 Thread Bruce Perens
What legal theory would make a user of an API a derivative work if the API is not itself copyrightable? On 06/11/2012 12:37 AM, Rick Moen wrote: I belive I heard that his holding is that Google wrote or commissioned independent code implementations of all 37, leaving only the question of whethe

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

2012-06-11 Thread Bruce Perens
On 06/11/2012 12:18 AM, Henrik Ingo wrote: To be clear, NuSphere did not embed MySQL in their product, rather they embedded closed source components into MySQL Per Eben's testimony, the Gemini storage engine, using the MySQL API for storage engines. Which would be a funny relevation after a coup

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

2012-06-10 Thread Bruce Perens
On 06/10/2012 10:49 PM, Rick Moen wrote: I believe this is entirely consistent with what I said, Bruce. You even said 'Read caselaw.' I think we need to come to grips to the fact that it may be possible for GPL software to be embedded within a proprietary software product a la

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

2012-06-10 Thread Bruce Perens
On 06/09/2012 01:53 AM, Rick Moen wrote: Read caselaw. I'm done. I'm glad Rick's done. There is a good chance that you, not Rick, are right. Recent case law is that APIs are bright lines between separate works and that connections across APIs do not create derivative works. And this is regardl

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

2012-06-08 Thread Bruce Perens
the other is obviously appropriate. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

2012-06-05 Thread Bruce Perens
easier to comply, in almost all cases, than to fight. So, I will continue to advise against proprietary run-time-loadable drivers despite Judge Alsop's finding on APIs. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

2012-06-05 Thread Bruce Perens
On 06/05/2012 09:22 AM, Lawrence Rosen wrote: [I’ll add something now about MPL 2.0: It was submitted for approval in early December of last year and approved within a few months, as it should have been; it is a good license. Yet it appears already on the list of OSI-approved licenses” as “po

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

2012-06-04 Thread Bruce Perens
On 06/04/2012 09:36 AM, Lawrence Rosen wrote: Get rid of any indication that "popularity" [1] has anything to do with legal viability. Yes. Let's instead rank the legal viability of licenses according to which ones have been enforced successfully the most times. You have no problem with that, d

Re: [License-discuss] license for code used for scientific results?

2012-04-30 Thread Bruce Perens
. It's worth discussing with Brad Kuhn. Maybe he'll see a way. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org

Re: [License-discuss] license for code used for scientific results?

2012-04-30 Thread Bruce Perens
t, publish what you want as a guideline, and live with the fact that not everyone will follow it. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@ope

Re: [License-discuss] license for code used for scientific results?

2012-04-30 Thread Bruce Perens
e a license that can't be enforced because it makes them look stupid. What you need is a contract, not a license. In general the Open Source licenses only deal with copyright, and you can't compel some action unrelated to copyright, like publication of research results, wi

Re: [License-discuss] Is the old style MIT license a Free Software license

2012-03-13 Thread Bruce Perens
s] without fee is hereby granted", the answer would be different. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC0 incompliant with OSD on patents, [was: MXM compared to CC0 ]

2012-03-09 Thread Bruce Perens
requirement on that subject. ... If OSI elects to impose such a minimum requirement, it wouldn't necessarily need to amend OSD, but rather could find that OSD#2 implies it. In other words, do what has previously been done, but consistently. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Descript

Re: [License-discuss] license committee

2012-03-09 Thread Bruce Perens
On 03/09/2012 09:49 AM, John Cowan wrote: Fonts are not documents. What's meant is that the license doesn't apply to a document created using the font. Obviously that is what is meant. But what it says is arguably different from what is meant. A professional would never have made such a silly

Re: [License-discuss] license committee

2012-03-09 Thread Bruce Perens
27;s a pretty strong potential to let down developers if that's the case. They end up with no control at all. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list Lice

[License-discuss] license committee

2012-03-09 Thread Bruce Perens
If I'm not mistaken, this committee met in 2004? "Time to do it right" would be about doing it /over./ Did I miss some announcement? On 03/09/2012 08:55 AM, John Cowan wrote: Karl Fogel scripsit: If you want an organization that recommends licenses, the FSF is happy to help. I agree that OSI

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC0 incompliant with OSD on patents, [was: MXM compared to CC0 ]

2012-03-08 Thread Bruce Perens
so shoot yourself in the foot" arguments. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] combining GPL and proprietary software - was: CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-03-02 Thread Bruce Perens
On 03/02/2012 11:34 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: Something tells me it is not reasonable to just always expect that writing open source code guarantees the EFF's help. Sure. But folks who have asked me for help got me free, and I've sometimes found them an attorney too. This is something I would othe

Re: [License-discuss] Linking question

2012-03-02 Thread Bruce Perens
gations that he otherwise could have. Of course, Larry, I understand that this is not what you think should happen. However, it appears to be how a lawsuit or something that could have become a lawsuit has been resolved, in every case that I know of. Thanks Bruce On 03/02/2012 11:13 AM,

Re: [License-discuss] combining GPL and proprietary software - was: CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-03-02 Thread Bruce Perens
On 03/02/2012 10:38 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: On the other hand, "a fully-written pleading for a Rule 11 sanction" is beyond the means of someone who cannot afford a competent attorney. Since Olson was a Free Software developer, EFF provided his attorney pro-bono. Thanks

[License-discuss] due diligence - was: CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-03-02 Thread Bruce Perens
It is indeed the case that the failures I see are in companies rather than among charity developers. However, it's a stretch to state that they already pay for lawyers! I sometimes get paid to read their depositions and explain them to the judge. Invariably, the failure is by an engineer or man

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-03-02 Thread Bruce Perens
On 03/02/2012 09:45 AM, Chad Perrin wrote: This could turn out to be a huge problem for any independent open source software developer who is not wealthy. The only really safe approach to open source software development, given the above, would be "Don't." If you're a non-profit, pro-bono (fre

Re: [License-discuss] Linking question

2012-03-02 Thread Bruce Perens
. Thanks Bruce On 03/02/2012 09:16 AM, Lawrence Rosen wrote: NOBODY has ever settled such a case such that their code must be released. <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-d

[License-discuss] combining GPL and proprietary software - was: CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-03-02 Thread Bruce Perens
your statements to be naive and unreliable, it wouldn't be much of a problem. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-03-01 Thread Bruce Perens
bly get it wrong and they can be made to look really stupid in court by a competent expert witness. Relying on what they say about legal issues of their own projects would be ill-advised. Instead, learn how to engineer around the gray areas. Thanks Bruce <> sm

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-03-01 Thread Bruce Perens
On 03/01/2012 08:32 PM, Chris Travers wrote: I am not at all sure that line works once you get into trying to bridge GPL'd and proprietary apps Read http://www.datamation.com/osrc/article.php/3801396/Bruce-Perens-Combining-GPL-and-Proprietary-Software.htm Does it matter how I do this?

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-03-01 Thread Bruce Perens
On 03/01/2012 08:02 PM, Chris Travers wrote: How do I know if this license applies? Just assume it does, because you don't really have to decide this question to be safe. <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discus

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-03-01 Thread Bruce Perens
The fact that we have not resolved some questions doesn't mean that we don't have /any/ bright lines. I have previously published guidelines that would keep you far from any fuzzy issues, while allowing you to build whatever you wish. On 03/01/2012 07:42 PM, John Cowan wrote: Which is as much

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-02-27 Thread Bruce Perens
wouldn't lose the courts or the arguing over what something "really means". Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projec

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-02-26 Thread Bruce Perens
to help the next Bob who comes along and uses one of those licenses written in crayon. You can protect your friends by not encouraging them to do that. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature __

Re: [License-discuss] What would be necessary to consider the unlicense?

2012-02-26 Thread Bruce Perens
ll of the talk, there is no credible political organization working against software patenting today. In the past I've tried to get support for one, to no avail. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___

Re: [License-discuss] What would be necessary to consider the unlicense?

2012-02-26 Thread Bruce Perens
ing shorter nor simpler. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-02-26 Thread Bruce Perens
they might not understand. 2. Provide them with a license that won't hold up in court. The second damages them more. The first can be solved with explanation separate from the license. Thanks Bruce <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographi

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

2012-02-26 Thread Bruce Perens
On 02/26/2012 02:03 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: Explain to me how wanting to enforce a crapton of additional terms is "realism" instead of "a more-restrictive license". When the terms are grants, or specifications of what must be granted in derivative works. <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Crypto

Re: [License-discuss] GPL and proprietary WebAPIs

2011-12-25 Thread Bruce Perens
The prudent consultant's goal is not to cast "naah-naah's" at the GPL, nor to be an inch over the line on the right side of the law, but so clearly in compliance that the prospect of litigation over a GPL violation is remote. Again, no technical reason p

Re: [License-discuss] Reply to various recent postings on the crayon license issue

2011-12-22 Thread Bruce Perens
On 12/20/2011 11:41 AM, Richard Fontana wrote: Can you tell me how many licenses are in Fedora? If it's 300, it's something of a self-created problem, but then you'd be in lots of company. The numerosity itself is not a problem This is how an attorney confirms an unpleasant truth. 300 l

Re: [License-discuss] Reply to various recent postings on the crayon license issue

2011-12-20 Thread Bruce Perens
I must add that I do not think I would have seen a comment like this posted by Bruce Perens 10 years ago. RMS is lucky to have had the help of Eben Moglen back then, but we had no help at all from legal professionals for a long time. Lawyers were not willing to be seen to be involved with us, it w

Re: [License-discuss] a Free Island Public License?

2011-12-17 Thread Bruce Perens
Sorry, I missed that it wasn't intended for submission. The author should back up and state a /list of goals, /rather than present the argument as pseudo-legal drafting. Thanks Bruce On 12/16/2011 10:23 PM, Karl Fogel wrote: > It was never submitted -- I don't think C

Re: [License-discuss] a Free Island Public License?

2011-12-16 Thread Bruce Perens
ayon licenses, due to the potential they have to damage our own community. Thanks Bruce Perens <> smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.o

Re: OSD#5 needs a patch?

2003-10-08 Thread Bruce Dodson
at's just about the worst thing you can say about a group of peers. By the way I don't think Sean's a hateful person. I don't even think he cares whether anyone uses his license. I just think he was having some fun at our expense. Sincerely, Bruce - Original Messa

Re: OSD#5 needs a patch?

2003-10-08 Thread Bruce Dodson
nsults and intimidation. However, I realize that argument must seem a little fuzzy, and perhaps a little too idealistic as well, for all of you lawyers :-). Thanks, Bruce - Original Message - From: "Rick Moen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm pretty sure the OSD is concer

OSD#5 needs a patch?

2003-10-06 Thread Bruce Dodson
OSD#5 The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons. Does that need to be expanded to state explicitly that this does not just apply to the license terms? i.e. Should it say in addition that the license text itself must not contain any discriminatory or derogatory state

Re: Academic Free License version 2.0

2003-07-21 Thread Bruce Dodson
I think this change is mostly-positive. The only negative aspect that I see is that it's twice as long as the previous revision. AFL 1.2 had stricken a nice balance between brevity and precision. May I suggest that, alongside AFL 2.0, you publish one last license in the AFL 1.x series, based on

Re: Problems in Open Source Licensing

2003-02-17 Thread Bruce Dodson
else will bother to redistribute it either. - Bruce - IANAL - From: John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jeremy Malcolm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: "C. Hamacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems in Open Source Licensing Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 00:26:45 -0500

historical permission notice and disclaimer - ready to go?

2002-12-20 Thread Bruce Dodson
ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.] -- Regards, Bruce -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: discuss: approval request: "Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer"

2002-12-09 Thread Bruce Dodson
So far, no discussion. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? http://www.geocities.com/brucedodson.rm/hist_pnd.htm Regards, Bruce - Original Message - From: "Bruce Dodson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 12:11 AM Subj

discuss: approval request: "Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer"

2002-11-29 Thread Bruce Dodson
[ Please discuss this template. It's a clever idea. You'd have thought that someone would have thought of it before. Bruce has sent a few changes since his submission. Please consult his web page (URL at bottom) for the exact current submission. -russ ] I would like to ask that the

Re: Academic Free License questions

2002-11-21 Thread Bruce Dodson
That's what I thought too. However, that clause is very cleverly written. They might not have accepted AFL or that patent clause for MyCoolApp, instead choosing to license it under ZPL and combine it with some GPL code. However, they are also using YourCoolTool which is licensed under OSL. They

Re: Academic Free License questions

2002-11-21 Thread Bruce Dodson
licese is GPL-compatible, and obviously if someone sues me with an allegation that the software breaks your patent, they can keep using my software by virtue of the rights granted in the Zope license. But, having made that allegation, are they entitled to use other software which is publishe

Re: discuss: Duemetri Public License (DPL) Version 1.0

2002-11-21 Thread Bruce Dodson
> The pain you speak of, is this from a purely "legal" stand point? > If so, in what manner does it hinder or "cause pain" to an end user? I'm not a lawyer so I never speak from a "legal" standpoint, even when I'm talking about licenses. The pain is from a technical standpoint. If I make a modif

Re: discuss: Duemetri Public License (DPL) Version 1.0

2002-11-20 Thread Bruce Dodson
The QPL uses the same tactic to control distribution of customized versions of Qt. But this creates is a pain for developers and end-users alike. At least your term #8 provides an alternative, changing this "requirement" to distribute patches into something that's optional. But it's confusing th

Re: time frame between request for approval and acknowledgement of request?

2002-11-20 Thread Bruce Dodson
junk mail filter or whatever. Now I have that. Thank you; now I can go back to waiting, more patiently than before. > I'm a volunteer, Bruce, with a TODO list longer than your arm. The > problem with license submittals is that I try to pre-vet them, so that > the license-discuss peo

time frame between request for approval and acknowledgement of request?

2002-11-20 Thread Bruce Dodson
next, and can be months. However, I just want to know that I'm in the queue. Bruce -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: discuss: Request for license approval...

2002-11-20 Thread Bruce Dodson
Is it true that changing proper names is not a problem? I had always been of the impression that, e.g. I couldn't just use the Apache License, change the proper names, and call my software OSI Certified. - Original Message - From: "John Cowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I urge you instead to s

Re: [kmself@ix.netcom.com: Re: We are looking for an open source licensethat...]

2002-11-11 Thread Bruce Dodson
so far, no one has offered to pay me what I expect as a salary and allow me to write the software that I want to write and also give it away, and I don't really expect... [CFC] If you're serious about this, tweak your expectations. -bruce ___

Re: [kmself@ix.netcom.com: Re: We are looking for an open source licensethat...]

2002-11-10 Thread Bruce Dodson
n source development, while still maintaining it as non-open software (whether that is by "closed source", "shared source", "semi-free"), I believe it could hurt the open source community, since it could take mindshare away from legitimate open source CASE projects like Ar

Re: Express and implied warranties in software licenses

2002-11-07 Thread Bruce Dodson
omfortable with the warranty. I would no longer let it stop me from using AFL in situations where I might currently use MIT or Apache-style licenses. bruce - Original Message - From: "Lawrence E. Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Bruce Dodson'" <[EMAIL P

Re: Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1

2002-11-07 Thread Bruce Dodson
The amount of damages that courts would award might vary considerably from one jurisdiction to the next, even if the license is interpreted exactly the same way. Without naming any names , some countries are just more litigious than others; some courts, more punitive. - Original Message -

Re: Plan 9 license

2002-11-06 Thread Bruce Dodson
I disagree. (I know, I do that a lot, but I mean well.) It's best if licenses are simply either approved or not approved. There is no list of licenses that have been rejected or withdrawn; that would be punitive. By the same token, there should be no special status given to licenses in limbo.

Re: Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1

2002-11-06 Thread Bruce Dodson
From: "Mike Nordell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Bruce Dodson top-posted: > > Derivative Works means "derivative works based upon the Original Work", as > > upposed to "derivative works based upon Marvel Comics characters", or > > "

Re: Approval Requested for AFL 1.2 and OSL 1.1

2002-11-05 Thread Bruce Dodson
epare" - it doesn't say "to prepare yourself to create [Derivative Works]". It says "to prepare [Derivative Works]". Like when you're preparing dinner - after you have finished preparing it, you have something that you can eat. No offense, but "Duh.&quo

a template for the CWI permission notice (Python 1.5.x) and similar licenses

2002-11-05 Thread Bruce Dodson
I would like to suggest that a license template like the one below be put forward for approval by the OSI board. This is not really intended for new software. Nevertheless it's pragmatic to approve it since many OSD-compliant licenses follow this template. Examples include Scintilla/SciTE, Lucent

Re: a proposed change to the OSD

2002-11-03 Thread Bruce Dodson
I like the sound of that world! Meanwhile, as you say, we live with the one we've got. Although there are lots of cases that deal with software, how many have involved software that's free? (Note that my cat, being strictly an indoor cat, is not as free as my software. But, being an indoor cat,

Re: a proposed change to the OSD

2002-11-02 Thread Bruce Dodson
m when I got her, could I have expected the original owners to pay the veterinary expenses based on some theory of implied warranty? If I had decided to return her, could I have expected to be compensated some amount so I could buy a replacement cat from Pets R Us? "Don't be stupid, Bruce, of co

Re: a proposed change to the OSD

2002-11-02 Thread Bruce Dodson
I can offer something without entering a relationship with each recipient. I have software published on SourceForge; I entered into an agreement with SourceForge but I have no relationship with the people who downloaded my stuff from there. The people who downloaded might or might not have a relat

Re: OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation

2002-10-30 Thread Bruce Dodson
(Larry said...) > Not if it ain't a Derivative Work, I'd say. > ... > What do you think? I think the same. Common sense tells me that a book that isn't a derivative work should be outside the scope of the contract. This concept is probably non-technical enough that even a judge would be able to

Re: OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation

2002-10-30 Thread Bruce Dodson
I took it to mean any technical documentation which is provided by a licensor, which may make the source code more accessible to a licensee. Then you would be compelled to provide such documentation as was provided to you when you received your copy of the source code. So, "access" in the sense of

Re: a proposed change to the OSD

2002-10-26 Thread Bruce Perens
the right to use. Bruce -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: a proposed change to the OSD

2002-10-26 Thread Bruce Perens
s to propogate a right to sublicense, which is more complicated so it's generally not handled that way. Thanks Bruce -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: a proposed change to the OSD

2002-10-26 Thread Bruce Perens
ing provisions with regard to source-code disclosure would be enforced in court. In an effort to create a more clearly enforcible GPL-like license, Larry has relied on _use_ restriction rather than restriction of the creation of derived works in his new license. Thanks Bruce -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: a proposed change to the OSD

2002-10-25 Thread Bruce Perens
se such limits are Open Source licenses. Thanks Bruce -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: a proposed change to the OSD

2002-10-25 Thread Bruce Perens
licenses, like Larry's latest effort, do this with something that is more clearly enforcible but rely on a use restriction. Thanks Bruce -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: a proposed change to the OSD

2002-10-25 Thread Bruce Perens
My only concern is how this would interact with Larry's new license. Thanks Bruce -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: Revised versions of the OSL and AFL

2002-10-23 Thread Bruce Dodson
t a lawyer I won't venture any ideas. It would be very helpful for me (and I assume for some others) to see some public discussion of how / whether this warranty would work in practice. If a discussion like that happens here, I promise to stay out of it! Bruce - Original Message -

Re: Moral Rights (was Simplified Artistic License (A Proposed Compromise))

2002-10-06 Thread Bruce Dodson
what they said. Too much was said in private email for me to form an opinion. I can only look to the result, which was an RSW discouraged to the point where he was ready to say "have a nice life" and walk away. Bruce - Original Message - From: "Lawrence E. Rosen" &

Re: Procedure for using an approved license

2002-10-06 Thread Bruce Dodson
For what it's worth, so far Netscape has been very responsible and careful about not making ad-hoc changes to their license. Look at the trouble they've been going to recently, to try and get all of their code MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-licensed. It would have been easy to take advantage of their right to

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