Re: [License-discuss] we need a new license for earning money

2013-09-20 Thread Jonathon
ull compliance with the license, without paying the specified license fee. Also wondering why you prohibit organizations that are neither non-commercial ventures, nor commercial ventures from using your product. jonathon -- Email with a status of other than "ju

Re: [License-discuss] You need to pay to access AGPL3 scripts?

2014-06-10 Thread jonathon
On 6/9/2014 10:11 PM, ldr ldr wrote: "Yes, FullContentRSS is an AGPL3 script, you can use and/or modify the script as you want. However you can get the script for $20." >Is that congruent with the AGPL3 license? Yes. The primary reason most FLOSS is distributed gratis, is because FLOSS li

Re: [License-discuss] FAQ entry on CLAs

2015-01-19 Thread jonathon
closed source. Some organizations use the CLA so that when license violations are found, if the violator refuses to correct the problem, pursuing legal remedies is much easier. >The ambiguity has the effect of implying the second and obscuring the first. That ambiguity is why OSI should not eve

Re: [License-discuss] FAQ entry on CLAs

2015-01-20 Thread jonathon
ds upon the specific legal issue(s) that are being addressed. jonathon -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUv0xUAAoJEE1PKy9+kxplAH4QAK0Qj4iwg62PugccKz5+NzuX CLPHQjI2+yP1W1fOVJqr89MLp/vE0tcbH3MsL+2whuQVXKuy+NUwbikk70YmAI+F UEqc84oQtSWccBDs/NHwCrzh9wyXq7mnllK8JNeRA4lR

Re: [License-discuss] Fwd: Query whether BSD Licence liability disclaimer is "viral".

2015-02-14 Thread jonathon
to sell a DVD includes (c) and (p) rights, as well as other, related rights. (Appellate Case Law: An offer to sell, by necessity, includes all related rights to the item being sold, regardless of whether or not they are enumerated, or even mentioned, during

[License-discuss] Software, licenses, and patents

2015-03-12 Thread jonathon
e the developer is unaware of possible patents. Nor is it a case of where the developer holds any patents. jonathon signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org

Re: [License-discuss] Software, licenses, and patents

2015-03-12 Thread jonathon
follow that lawyer's advice. IOW, release only after discussion with a neutral lawyer, and then only if said lawyer approves. Sounds good to me. jonathon signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ License-discuss mailing lis

Re: [License-discuss] Software, licenses, and patents

2015-03-12 Thread jonathon
; >or just shoot their patents down completely. That costs US$10,000,000 per patent. jonathon signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Shortest copyleft licence

2015-03-30 Thread jonathon
On 30/03/15 07:40, Tim Makarios wrote > Publication Licence [1], which a more careful (automated) word-count measures > at nearly 800 words. Isn't the DWTFYL license shorter? (I can't override the NSFW search on my browser, to find a copy of that license.) jonathon signature

Re: [License-discuss] Shortest copyleft licence

2015-04-04 Thread jonathon
patents, but dam it, when somebody has obtained a patent that is nothing more than a series of steps I wrote, years before the patent was applied for, I'd like to know what it says, especially since they didn't give me the courtesy of telling that they were monetizing my non-invention.) jo

Re: [License-discuss] Disclosure of patents by Apache projects

2015-05-27 Thread jonathon
eatened with lawsuits for patent violations, copyright violations, and other intellectual property violations, by parties who have never seen the allegedly infringing vapourware. jonathon -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVZn/d

Re: [License-discuss] Proposal: Apache Third Party License Policy

2015-05-27 Thread jonathon
license. ^2: This is that planning/proposal/mockup stage. During coding, source code licenses are verified to be what was expected, and what was adverti sed. jonathon * English - detected * English * English -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGB

Re: [License-discuss] Proposal: Apache Third Party License Policy

2015-05-28 Thread jonathon
spend time verifying that the licenses are what they were purported to be, and checked out as being, during the project planning stage. ^1: I am aware of software that reads License and Notice files, to determine that they conform with known, accepted, licenses. However, that software can overlook