Re: Effect of the MySQL FLOSS License Exception?

2004-06-18 Thread Ihab A.B. Awad
Thank you for the clarification On Fri June 18 2004 11:56, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Ihab A.B. Awad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On Fri June 18 2004 11:11, Rick Moen wrote: > > > Yes, it would be nice if the concept of derivative work were further > > > clarified (

Re: Effect of the MySQL FLOSS License Exception?

2004-06-18 Thread Ihab A.B. Awad
udes header files from the original work, statically links in object code from it after invoking its makefiles, etc, and is otherwise unusable without the source of the original? In that case, are we simply back where we started, saying that there is an open question? Thanks & peace, Ih

Re: [OT?] US & CA govt use of PDF fill-in forms

2004-04-26 Thread Ihab A.B. Awad
On Monday 26 April 2004 14:02, Ernest Prabhakar wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2004, at 9:59 AM, Ihab A.B. Awad wrote: > > Actually, with all due respect to FSF India's opinion -- which is > > pretty much what I would expect from FSF anywhere -- I claim the > > US tax a

Re: [OT?] US & CA govt use of PDF fill-in forms

2004-04-26 Thread Ihab A.B. Awad
On Monday 26 April 2004 02:53, Mahesh T. Pai wrote: > Ihab A.B. Awad said on Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 07:37:06PM -0700,: > > Should the government be thereby institutionalizing this format > > (Adobe Acrobat PDF) to the benefit of the one corporation (Adobe) > > th

[OT?] US & CA govt use of PDF fill-in forms

2004-04-25 Thread Ihab A.B. Awad
m not yet aware? Thanks a lot for any insights you can provide. Regards & peace, Ihab -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: For Approval: Open Source Software Alliance License

2003-09-29 Thread ihab
ou would agree and which would help clarify things. > The extent of what I will say on politics is that I believe in market > driven economies and letting _open_ markets correct themselves. The > Open Source world is as good of an open market as I've ever seen. Great. As I said befo

Re: For Approval: Open Source Software Alliance License

2003-09-29 Thread ihab
upport for a "pro business" open source consortium, however ill-conceived I and some members of this list may think its founding canon may be. To the extent that I see this as a political issue, and if indeed there is such a groundswell, I'm not sure if this is an avoidable outcome.

Open source and trademarks

2003-07-06 Thread Ihab Awad
emarks in the source code, violate the Open Source Definition? Thanks a lot & peace, Ihab -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3

Re: Specific Scenario: App A, API B, & Library C

2003-01-20 Thread Ihab Awad
s.DriverC to what extent does or does this not constitute "derivation" of the work from library C, rather than merely API B? Thanks Reggie. I look forward to the comments. Peace, -- Ihab A.B. Awad FavaBeans.org -- license-discuss archive is at http://crynwr.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?3