Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2012-02-01 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Chris Travers (ch...@metatrontech.com): > Does the GPL v3 give you the permission to drop legitimate copyright > notices from software or accompanying documentation? Mu. Retaining copyright notices upon redistribution is required by common law and various statutes and treaties. A spec

Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2012-02-01 Thread Clark C. Evans
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012, at 01:55 AM, Chris Travers wrote: > Does the GPL v3 give you the permission to drop legitimate > copyright notices from software or accompanying documentation? As you note, the GPLv3 7b provides the right to require the preservation of legal notices and author attributions i

Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2012-02-01 Thread Chris Travers
Does the GPL v3 give you the permission to drop legitimate copyright notices from software or accompanying documentation? I know as a software developer I would most certainly NOT drop such attributions for both legal and other reasons. I would add further that the requirement for attribution/cop

Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2012-01-31 Thread Karl Fogel
Marc Laporte writes: >Hi everyone! > >The license has changed to vanilla LGPL: > >http://tcpdf.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tcpdf/tcpdf;a=blobdiff;f=LICENSE.TXT;h=daf21f7d3eb8748eed5ff70c23ed24729175bce5;hp=26adda0b39f000d80f0dbeff438a91caeafba77f;hb=HEAD;hpb=a39c64ba22843519eb0b6bd114b22a

Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2012-01-28 Thread Marc Laporte
Here is discussion on the topic: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3460857&group_id=23067&atid=377408 On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Marc Laporte wrote: > Hi everyone! > > The license has changed to vanilla LGPL: > > http://tcpdf.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tcp

Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2012-01-28 Thread Marc Laporte
Hi everyone! The license has changed to vanilla LGPL: http://tcpdf.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tcpdf/tcpdf;a=blobdiff;f=LICENSE.TXT;h=daf21f7d3eb8748eed5ff70c23ed24729175bce5;hp=26adda0b39f000d80f0dbeff438a91caeafba77f;hb=HEAD;hpb=a39c64ba22843519eb0b6bd114b22a3dd2ef4847 Thanks! M ;-)

Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2011-11-24 Thread Karl Fogel
Marc Laporte writes: >Hi Karl and all! > >I hope you are well and I am looking for advice, again :-) > >We are discussing which PDF library to include in Tiki Wiki CMS >Groupware (http://tiki.org) > >TCPDF is an option but there is a special clause > >It is LGPL v3 + "Additionally, YOU CAN'T REM

Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2011-11-24 Thread John Cowan
David Woolley scripsit: >> It is LGPL v3 + "Additionally, YOU CAN'T REMOVE ANY TCPDF >> COPYRIGHT NOTICE OR LINK FROM THE GENERATED PDF DOCUMENTS." >> http://www.tcpdf.org/license.php >> >> What do you think? > > I'd say the licence was void as it attempts to impose an additional > restriction. I

Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2011-11-24 Thread Henrik Ingo
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 9:48 AM, David Woolley wrote: >> It is LGPL v3 +  "Additionally,  YOU CAN'T REMOVE ANY TCPDF COPYRIGHT >> NOTICE OR LINK FROM THE GENERATED PDF DOCUMENTS." >> http://www.tcpdf.org/license.php >> >> What do you think? >> > > I'd say the licence was void as it attempts to imp

Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2011-11-23 Thread David Woolley
Marc Laporte wrote: It is LGPL v3 + "Additionally, YOU CAN'T REMOVE ANY TCPDF COPYRIGHT NOTICE OR LINK FROM THE GENERATED PDF DOCUMENTS." http://www.tcpdf.org/license.php What do you think? I'd say the licence was void as it attempts to impose an additional restriction. I would not use

[License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered "Open Source"?

2011-11-23 Thread Marc Laporte
Hi Karl and all! I hope you are well and I am looking for advice, again :-) We are discussing which PDF library to include in Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware (http://tiki.org) TCPDF is an option but there is a special clause It is LGPL v3 + "Additionally, YOU CAN'T REMOVE ANY TCPDF COPYRIGHT NOTICE O