CLWG: Common License Working Group

I was browsing the O'Reilly open-source page today and finally noticed the link to the Common License Working Group. The link is at http://opensource.oreilly.com/ The information on the Common License Working Group is here: http://protected.speech.cs.cmu.edu/clwg/ I'm not

RE: Wired Article on the GPL - Signed Licenses?

strong reason to believe that they are authentic. -- Dennis -- Dennis E. Hamilton InfoNuovo mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. +1-206-779-9430 (gsm) fax. +1-425-793-0283 http://www.infonuovo.com -Original Message- From: W. Yip [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 30,

RE: Wired Article -- Nullifying a GPL?

I looked at what I could find on Wired, thanks to the Slashdot discussion and its links. 1. UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS? One problem I notice is that we don't have a finding with regard to the validity of the copyright by the original distributors of cphack. Part of the Mattel claim was that this

RE: How To Break The GPL - Copyright versus Contract

: How To Break The GPL - Copyright versus Contract -Original Message- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 6:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Open-Source License Discussion Subject: RE: How To Break The GPL - Copyright versus Contract

RE: How To Break The GPL - Direct Functionality versus Copyrighted Expression

matter here and not other things. When we are discussing a thin-ice area (e.g., derivative works that don't involve alteration of the original in any way but depend on the function expressed), it is not prudent to head farther into the center of the lake for resolution. -- Dennis --

RE: BSD / GPL compatibility - Infection by Libraries

--- Dennis E. Hamilton InfoNuovo mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. +1-206-779-9430 (gsm) fax. +1-425-793-0283 http://www.infonuovo.com -Original Message- From: David Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 23:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Dennis E. Hamilton; Ian Gri

RE: Derived vs. Fair Use

t claiming it is not relevant to the language of copyright licenses. -- Dennis -Original Message- From: Scott Johnston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 09:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Derived vs. Fair Use From: "Dennis E. Hamilton" [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: BSD / GPL compatibility - Derived vs. Fair Use

I want to clear up something that seems to be clouding this discussion. Here is my personal assessment: (IANAL, I just sound like one.) 1. Fair use is an application of a copyrighted work that does not require any permission or license to perform. In the past, the U.S. Copyright Act has given

RE: License Approval Process

lationship. Relation admits-derivative is transitive; it is neither reflexive nor symmetrical. -- Dennis ------ Dennis E. Hamilton InfoNuovo mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tel. +1-206-779-9430 (gsm) fax. +1-425-793-0283 http://www.infonuovo.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTE