Re: [License-discuss] Protecting database integrity

2017-03-05 Thread Grahame Grieve
you can do the same - you can release the code under open source license, but use the trademark to ensure certain policies are followed. The community will probably ignore your code if they don't like the policies. Grahame On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 4:18 PM, John Cowan wrote: > >

Re: [License-discuss] [CAVO] SF - LAFCO open source voting draft

2015-05-26 Thread Grahame Grieve
To: license-discuss@opensource.org; Lawrence Rosen Cc: CAVO Subject: Re: [CAVO] [License-discuss] SF - LAFCO open source voting draft On 05/26/2015 02:44 PM, Grahame Grieve wrote: ALL OSI-approved licenses are open source. Other licenses are not I don't think that the last bit is right

Re: [License-discuss] SF - LAFCO open source voting draft

2015-05-26 Thread Grahame Grieve
ALL OSI-approved licenses are open source. Other licenses are not I don't think that the last bit is right. other licenses cannot be known to be or other licenses may not be - but you can't outright claim that just because OSI has not approved a license, it's *not* open source Grahame On Wed,

Re: [License-discuss] Is Web application including GPL libraries covered under GPL?

2013-05-15 Thread Grahame Grieve
About Java and GPL: http://www.healthintersections.com.au/?p=1225 Grahame On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 7:31 AM, MURAKAMI, Keiko a...@jcom.home.ne.jpwrote: Thank you all, Our application are made by Java, so these are not tightly linked GPL libraries, because GPL libraries are located in

Re: [License-discuss] Is Web application including GPL libraries covered under GPL?

2013-05-15 Thread Grahame Grieve
hi Rick Everything you say is true, but asking FSF was way cheaper than asking a judge in a court of law ;-) I don't have enough money and interest - that's what open source is about, right? Grahame On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com wrote: Quoting Grahame Grieve

Re: [License-discuss] License Stewards

2012-10-04 Thread Grahame Grieve
Unfortunately, fair use only covers YOUR use of the license. If you then publish that modified license and distribute it, you are in some sense intentionally detracting from the market for the original license (as a copyright court might analyze the fair use factors). On the other hand, if

Re: [License-discuss] License Stewards

2012-10-04 Thread Grahame Grieve
GPL isn't a work of art? ! Grahame On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com wrote: Quoting Grahame Grieve (grah...@healthintersections.com.au): well, ok, but on what grounds would copyright not apply? I believe Larry was asserting his view that a software licence

Re: [License-discuss] License Stewards

2012-10-03 Thread Grahame Grieve
in the absence of a license statement on a license itself, then the license can only be re-used under the terms of fair use, just like anything else that is published without a license? Grahame On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 5:44 AM, Lawrence Rosen lro...@rosenlaw.com wrote: A recent thread on the