Re: [License-discuss] I've been asked to license my open source project CC0

2017-11-10 Thread Henrik Ingo
Hi Shahar. You already got many answers, but none seem to be complete, so let me have a go... On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 8:09 PM, Shahar Or <mightyiamprese...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been asked to change the license of an open source project of mine > to CC0. I'm reluct

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: I've been asked to license my open source project CC0

2017-11-08 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
are not intended to be used as an authoritative state of the law nor do they reflect official positions of the U.S. Army, Department of Defense or U.S. Government. > -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Tzeng, Nigel

Re: [License-discuss] I've been asked to license my open source project CC0

2017-11-07 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
On Nov 07, 2017, at 02:27 PM, Shahar Or <mightyiamprese...@gmail.com> wrote: Nigel, in case there's a misunderstanding—I'm not contributing to a CC0 licensed project. A maintainer of a CC0 licensed project has requested me to re-license my ISC licensed project to CC0. What do yo

Re: [License-discuss] I've been asked to license my open source project CC0

2017-11-07 Thread Shahar Or
Nigel, in case there's a misunderstanding—I'm not contributing to a CC0 licensed project. A maintainer of a CC0 licensed project has requested me to re-license my ISC licensed project to CC0. What do you mean by "Modifying the stock CC0"? Did they? And what do you mean by "they

Re: [License-discuss] I've been asked to license my open source project CC0

2017-11-07 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
Oops, hit send by accident. CC0 is also accepted as GPL compatible and is a free software license (as judged by the FSF). It appears to me that the maintainers want all the code and art assets under one license and they are using CC0. That’s not too uncommon in general and in this case

Re: [License-discuss] I've been asked to license my open source project CC0

2017-11-07 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
CC0 is accepted as open source by the federal government in the Federal Source Code Policy. https://code.gov/#/policy-guide/docs/overview/introduction https://github.com/GSA/code-gov-web/blob/master/LICENSE.md From: License-discuss <license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org> on

Re: [License-discuss] I've been asked to license my open source project CC0

2017-11-07 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
, with CC0 a copyright holder abandons or quits their interest without any further obligation, including without warranty. https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/CC0_FAQ#Does_using_CC0_affect_my_ability_to_disclaim_warranties.3F License Text: 4.b Affirmer offers the Work as-is and makes no repre

Re: [License-discuss] I've been asked to license my open source project CC0

2017-11-07 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
> On Nov 7, 2017, at 12:09 PM, Shahar Or <mightyiamprese...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been asked to change the license of an open source project of mine to > CC0. I'm reluctant to do so, as it is not OSI approved. That’s a reasonable concern, imho. > https://github.

Re: [License-discuss] I've been asked to license my open source project CC0

2017-11-07 Thread David Woolley
On 07/11/17 17:09, Shahar Or wrote: Is there good reason for this request, at all? I mean, can they not otherwise depend on my software, if their software is CC0 licensed? When I conveyed my reluctance it was suggested that I dual-license. Dual licensing is pointless, as CC0 is always more

[License-discuss] I've been asked to license my open source project CC0

2017-11-07 Thread Shahar Or
I have been asked to change the license of an open source project of mine to CC0. I'm reluctant to do so, as it is not OSI approved. https://github.com/mightyiam/shields-badge-data/issues/28 Is there good reason for this request, at all? I mean, can they not otherwise depend on my software

Re: [License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-11-01 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Diane Peters dixit: >"CC0 is both a public domain dedication and a license. If the dedication AIUI (after several attempts at reading it) CC0 does not licence the work but the right to act in the stead of the work’s author, therefore allowing everyone to put any licence on it. bye, //m

Re: [License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-11-01 Thread Diane Peters
"CC0 is both a public domain dedication and a license. If the dedication is effective, then it affects all the manifestations (on a website or a CD/DVD-ROM) and copies. If it is not, then the permissive license affects only the copies it is attached to." The final sentence is

Re: [License-discuss] resolving ambiguities in OSD (was [License-review])

2017-10-26 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:13:23 -0700 > From: Bruce Perens <br...@perens.com> > To: License submissions for OSI review <license-rev...@opensource.org> > Subject: Re: [License-review] resolving ambiguities in OSD [was Re: > For Approval: License Zero Reciproca

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] resolving ambiguities in OSD [was Re: For Approval: License Zero Reciprocal Public License]

2017-10-25 Thread Rick Moen
I've moved this to license-discuss because I'm not sure this is part of discussion of any licence being evaluated, any more. I could be wrong (and am certainly not criticising upthread posts). Quoting Luis Villa (l...@lu.is): > Again, OSI would be well-served by actually writing down the

Re: [License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-10-25 Thread John Cowan
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Lindsay Patten <blindsaypat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can you clarify whether you can you put a copy of a work in the public > domain while maintaining a license on another copy? Or is it the work > itself that is placed in the public domain,

Re: [License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-10-25 Thread Diane Peters
It's the former if you're using CC0. The work itself -- in whatever form and whatever the number of copies -- is placed as nearly as possible in the public domain. You could try to enforce a license on a particular copy, but you can't enforce it as a matter of copyright and related rights

Re: [License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-10-25 Thread Lindsay Patten
Thank you for your quick response! Can you clarify whether you can you put a copy of a work in the public domain while maintaining a license on another copy?  Or is it the work itself that is placed in the public domain, and any ability to enforce copyright on any copies has been surrendered

Re: [License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-10-25 Thread John Cowan
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Lindsay Patten <blindsaypat...@gmail.com> wrote:. > > My understanding of CC0 is that it is a declaration that you have placed > the work in the public domain, with a fallback license in case the law in a > particular jurisdiction doesn't permit

[License-discuss] MakeHuman, CC0 and AGPL

2017-10-25 Thread Lindsay Patten
. As a special and limited exception, the copyright holders of the MakeHuman assets grants the option to use CC0 1.0 Universal as published by the Creative Commons, either version 1.0 of the License, or (at your option) any later version, as a license for the MakeHuman characters exported under

Re: [License-discuss] Guidance for making license information available to users

2017-10-23 Thread John Sullivan
ttps://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at <https://my.fsf.org/join>. _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Guidance for making license information available to users

2017-10-23 Thread Philippe Ombredanne
line: > > /*! jQRangeSlider 5.7.2 - 2016-01-18 - Copyright (C) Guillaume Gautreau 2012 > - MIT and GPLv3 licenses.*/ > > However, the MIT license says this at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT > > Copyright > > Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any pers

[License-discuss] Guidance for making license information available to users

2017-10-23 Thread Jesper Lund Stocholm
the licenses for them. As an example: We use a component called "jQDataRangeSlider" The JavaScript file contained in our app contains this line: /*! jQRangeSlider 5.7.2 - 2016-01-18 - Copyright (C) Guillaume Gautreau 2012 - MIT and GPLv3 licenses.*/ However, the MIT license says thi

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-09-27 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 12:00 PM > To: Richard Fontana <font...@sharpeleven.org> > Cc: license-discuss@open

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: (no subject)

2017-09-07 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Tzeng, Nigel H. > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 12:10 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: (no

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: (no subject)

2017-09-07 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
-issue because there aren’t any and open sourcing is much lower risk. All contributions are done by USG employees or contractors. All the project looks at are JIRA issues and determines if any warrant any internal action. Regards, Nigel On 9/5/17, 9:12 AM, "License-discuss on behalf of

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: (no subject)

2017-09-05 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of John Cowan > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 11:28 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: (no subject) &

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: (no subject)

2017-09-05 Thread John Cowan
ith whatever blood can be got out of grammarians. - Russ Rymer _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: (no subject)

2017-09-05 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Ben Hilburn > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 2:06 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [License-discuss] (no subject) > >

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-09-05 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of John Cowan > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 1:22 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyf

Re: [License-discuss] (no subject)

2017-09-01 Thread Ben Hilburn
/do-not-need-cla/ Have you seen something different at ARL? How have you worked things to be successful with your F/OSS projects and external groups? I'm really interested to learn more about your approach and the results you've seen. On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Tzeng, Nigel H. <nigel.tz...@jh

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-09-01 Thread John Cowan
nkerizer. --Peter da Silva _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] (no subject)

2017-09-01 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
desktop apps were largely replaced by webapps. You can do cathedral development and release via a GOSS license (NOSA) and still provide significant value to the user community. With an OSS license release I can “clone and own” moving forward and accept upstream changes as desired even

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: (no subject)

2017-09-01 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Tom Bereknyei > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 9:48 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [License-discuss] (no subject) >

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-09-01 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Thorsten Glaser > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2017 8:26 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: N

Re: [License-discuss] (no subject)

2017-09-01 Thread Tom Bereknyei
, but unlike before, there would be no non-government contribution's copyright to piggyback off of. -- Maj Tom Bereknyei Defense Digital Service t...@dds.mil (571) 225-1630‬ ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-09-01 Thread Thorsten Glaser
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Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-09-01 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Thorsten Glaser > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 3:50 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: N

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-31 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hi list, during this discussion I re-read CC0 and came to the conclusion that it does not license the work itself but the right to act in the stead of the author (e.g. issue licences on it). That’s interesting and allows for a _lot_ of possibilities. Of course… >Making CC0 + a patent rele

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-31 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
an OSI-approved license of some type. To get a better sense of what I'm talking about, clone https://github.com/USArmyResearchLab/ARL-Open-Source-Guidance-and-Instructions and checkout the 'develop' branch. The reason for doing it this way is to ensure that the license for a chunk of code

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-31 Thread Marc Jones
t; concern. > Licensing Intent > > The intent is that this software and documentation ("Project") should be treated as if it is licensed under the license associated with the Project ("License") in the LICENSE.md file. However, because we are part of the United States (U.S.) Fe

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-29 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Tzeng, Nigel H. > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 2:32 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyf

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-29 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
their shoulders and ignore the whole OSI approval thing. From: Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) <cem.f.karan@mail.mil<mailto:cem.f.karan@mail.mil>> Date: Tuesday, Aug 29, 2017, 11:25 AM To: license-discuss@opensource.org <license-discuss@opensource.org<mailto:license-disc

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-29 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Tzeng, Nigel H. > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 11:03 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Cc: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-dis

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-29 Thread Stephen Michael Kellat
directly do things like this regardless of how well drafted a license may become. A consistent USG-wide policy is needed. Using licenses rooted in copyright law doesn't seem right when applied to the government itself and is part of the continuing issues in finding an appropriate pre-existing

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-29 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Chris Travers > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 9:14 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyf

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-29 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
I think that given that the USG is already saying that CC0 is a valid Open Source license for the purposes of open source release on Code.gov the CC0 train has already left the station without OSI approval. The FSF recommends it for public domain releases and states it is GPL compatible. CC

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-29 Thread Chris Travers
On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) <cem.f.karan@mail.mil> wrote: >> -Original Message----- >> From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On >> Behalf Of Thorsten Glaser >> Sent: Monday, August 2

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-29 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Thorsten Glaser > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 4:33 PM > To: Stephen Michael Kellat <smkel...@yahoo.com> > Cc: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject:

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-29 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
age- > From: Stephen Michael Kellat [mailto:smkel...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 12:35 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org; Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) > <cem.f.karan@mail.mil>; Richard Fontana > <font...@sharpeleven.org> > Cc: license-dis

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread Thorsten Glaser
using Greylisting and not whitelisting their ranges). Same for a few other providers such as Hotmail. Some spammers (Yahoo) I do block. _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread John Cowan
ight; but the Dead followed them. --"The Passing of the Grey Company" ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread Thorsten Glaser
ke done by someone who knows what they are doing ___________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
cle 18 of the Berne Convention — there would be expiry internationally in the country of origin, thus public domain internationally. On the other end of the spectrum, Title 17 could be changed to remove the exemption of USG works, the implications there would be utterly HUGE, but would allow the USG

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread Stephen Michael Kellat
ilto:font...@sharpeleven.org] >> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 11:39 AM >> To: Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) ><cem.f.karan@mail.mil> >> Cc: license-discuss@opensource.org >> Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US >Government >>

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: Richard Fontana [mailto:font...@sharpeleven.org] > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 11:39 AM > To: Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) <cem.f.karan@mail.mil> > Cc: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: [Non-DoD Source]

Re: [License-discuss] NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
stricting rights through other means. The interesting question (to me) is what happens when an agency uses contract law to restrict a right the copyright act specifically covers. For example, attribution. To date, the answer has been “nothing". The FAQ does imply that some license is nee

Re: [License-discuss] NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread Richard Fontana
er Open Source would not have a notice of copyright affixed to the > software. However, would software pushed out under an Open Source license > that > assumes the existence of copyright be considered tantamount to a notice of > copyright and therefore an actionable fraud under this sectio

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Thorsten Glaser > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 10:32 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [License-discuss] NOSA 2.0, Copyf

Re: [License-discuss] NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread Thorsten Glaser
t happens to hit upon it when God enlightens him. Or only God invents algorithms, we merely copy them. If you don't believe in God, just consider God as Nature if you won't deny existence. -- Coywolf Qi Hunt _______ License-discuss mailing lis

[License-discuss] NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

2017-08-28 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
be false, shall be fined not more than $2,500. [Note - Any software pushed out under Open Source would not have a notice of copyright affixed to the software. However, would software pushed out under an Open Source license that assumes the existence of copyright be considered tantamount to a notic

[License-discuss] NOSA 2.0?

2017-08-11 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
ping And to Richard Fontana... **PING** Thanks, Cem Karan smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Is Sun Identity Manager (Oracle Waveset) Open Source compliant ?

2017-08-11 Thread David Woolley
for a not for profit with no mechanism for charging fees. ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

[License-discuss] Is Sun Identity Manager (Oracle Waveset) Open Source compliant ?

2017-08-11 Thread Ilona A.M. Fleck
Hello all, maybe this question is far to generic. But in the moment I do not have any more information. Is the old Sun Identity Manager (Oralce Waveset) product Open Source compliant with the Open Source license terms and conditions

Re: [License-discuss] New maintainer, changing license?

2017-07-29 Thread John Cowan
didn't I mount it on a troff?" --Francis Turner ___________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] New maintainer, changing license?

2017-07-29 Thread Thorsten Glaser
-- IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (POSIX) Section B.2.2.2 _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] New maintainer, changing license?

2017-07-29 Thread David Woolley
contributions have been assigned to the original owner. ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] New maintainer, changing license?

2017-07-29 Thread Johnny A. Solbu
s that this is allowed, but I wanted to check with this list that my understanding is correct. :-) -- Johnny A. Solbu web site, http://www.solbu.net PGP key ID: 0x4F5AD64DFA687324 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. _______

Re: [License-discuss] New maintainer, changing license?

2017-07-29 Thread David Woolley
General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. == Some files are licenced under the Lesser GPL, with the same type of terms saying that one can use a later version. My question is: Does this mean that I

Re: [License-discuss] New maintainer, changing license?

2017-07-29 Thread Henrik Ingo
s free software; you can redistribute it and/or > * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as > * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the > * License, or (at your option) any later version. > == > Some files are licenced under the

[License-discuss] New maintainer, changing license?

2017-07-29 Thread Johnny A. Solbu
Hi. I am the new upstream maintainer of the cd ripper Grip The code licence is stated as follows: == * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2

[License-discuss] NOSA 2.0?

2017-07-27 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
What is the current progress on the NOSA 2.0 license? I just got out of a meeting with some NASA lawyers, and they want to know where it's going, and if it's stuck, why it's stuck. Thanks, Cem Karan smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

[License-discuss] Some formerly-approved licenses not listed under opensource.org/licenses/ (was: SPDX License List v1.14 & OSI questions)

2017-07-14 Thread W. Trevor King
://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss/2012-April/017762.html Subject: SPDX License List v1.14 & OSI questions Date: Mon Apr 30 17:25:11 UTC 2012 [2]: https://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss/2002-June/005443.html Subject: Academic Free License Date: Thu Jun 27 1

Re: [License-discuss] Moderator Advice

2017-06-21 Thread Rick Moen
number of To: and Cc: recipients in part because of cross-posting across multiple mailing lists. Which gets us back to Simon's point. ___________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-21 Thread John Cowan
tructor discipline a la Haskell). -- John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowanco...@ccil.org In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with the giants on whose shoulders we stand. --Gerald Holton _______ License-discu

Re: [License-discuss] Moderator Advice

2017-06-21 Thread Lawrence Rosen
source technology for discussion lists! /Larry -Original Message- From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On Behalf Of Rick Moen Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 1:03 PM To: license-discuss@opensource.org Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Moderator Advice Quot

Re: [License-discuss] Moderator Advice

2017-06-21 Thread Rick Moen
orts. (My apologies for mistyping your surname, by the way.) (Yes, BTW, I am a fellow listadmin. ;-> ) _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-21 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting John Cowan (co...@ccil.org): > I know of a program which consists of a fairly large library which does > most of the work, issued under a permissive license, and a small > interactive main program which provides the command line. This main > program is provided in two ve

Re: [License-discuss] Moderator Advice

2017-06-21 Thread Simon Phipps
t; quite correctly and very benignly giving people advice on how to avoid > the admin queue. > > license-discuss appears to not set any subscriber's 'moderated' flag by > default -- which again is GNU Mailman's default configuration. So, I > strongly suspect that you (Lawrence), and

Re: [License-discuss] Moderator Advice

2017-06-21 Thread Rick Moen
quite correctly and very benignly giving people advice on how to avoid the admin queue. license-discuss appears to not set any subscriber's 'moderated' flag by default -- which again is GNU Mailman's default configuration. So, I strongly suspect that you (Lawrence), and John, and Henrik, do _not_

Re: [License-discuss] Moderator Advice

2017-06-21 Thread Lawrence Rosen
the people CC'd and interested in the thread were not subscribed to license-discuss@. I dislike mailman defaults. Why are you moderating my emails at all? Or John Cowan's? Or Henrik Ingo's? I also moderate an opensource.org mailing list. What a drag to discard or ignore spam every day! But we try

Re: [License-discuss] Moderator Advice

2017-06-21 Thread Rick Moen
ing its way out to mailer authors. Perhaps via Pony Express. ;-> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6378773/correct-email-headers-for-delivering-mailing-list-mail _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.open

Re: [License-discuss] Moderator Advice

2017-06-21 Thread Johnny A. Solbu
), and my experience is that the happens because some people uses «Reply to all» when responding. -- Johnny A. Solbu web site, http://www.solbu.net PGP key ID: 0x4F5AD64DFA687324 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. _______ Licens

[License-discuss] Moderator Advice

2017-06-21 Thread Simon Phipps
I just moderated through a set of messages that were all held by an anti-spam rule because they had too many recipients in To/Cc. Please avoid cross-posting to avoid this. Thanks, Simon ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-21 Thread Joe Kiniry
Thank you for including me in these discussions. I'm now subscribed to license-discuss. In short, the reason we have made our software available in the fashion that we have is exactly because of the fear factor surrounding GPL and, secondarily, we do not want competitors to sell our software

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-21 Thread John Cowan
ommensurate with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must invariably be taken into account. --Ecclesiastes 9:11, Orwell/Brown version _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensou

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-21 Thread Lawrence Rosen
's not the topic here. This drop-in alternative is valid even for the open source election software that Brent Turner is concerned about. If someone releases such software under a more restrictive license (such as the FreeAndFair or the OSET licenses), copyright law allows a BSD or

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-21 Thread John Cowan
at reasoning again I can > not figure out why they would be opting for license other than GPL > I can only speculate. But looked at with a lawyerly eye that isn't used to the wonderful world of free software licensing, the GPL looks *weird*. Where's the consideration? Where are the restricti

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-21 Thread John Cowan
the work, issued under a permissive license, and a small interactive main program which provides the command line. This main program is provided in two versions. One works with GNU readline and is GPLed; the other does not provide line editing and is under the same permissive license as th

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-21 Thread John Cowan
he more generous offer of > software! I'm not sure if you meant this to go to the public license-discuss list. Some people are ideologues who refuse to have anything to do with software under one or another license. Offering multiple licenses is a strategy (misguided, in my opinion) to satis

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-21 Thread Henrik Ingo
then dropped the GPL license, after assurances that MIT is considered to be GPL compatible.) henrik On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 1:45 AM, Lawrence Rosen <lro...@rosenlaw.com> wrote: > Thanks for your comments, Joe. Please let me know how OSI responds to your > license questions. > > > &

Re: [License-discuss] GPLv1?

2017-06-18 Thread John Cowan
ong as it has a door sticker saying "No information items inside". --Eve Maler ___________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

[License-discuss] GPLv1?

2017-06-18 Thread Thorsten Glaser
gewohnheitsmäßig ("Oooohhh"). [aus dasr] _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-14 Thread Joe Kiniry
easing software as open source and running or contributing to open source projects since the late 1980s. I have given public talks on OSS, software patents, and much more in my many years of being an academic and an entrepreneur. Thus, I have deep knowledge of these topics. > Let's talk license fear fa

Re: [License-discuss] FreeAndFair license

2017-06-14 Thread Lawrence Rosen
Thanks for your comments, Joe. Please let me know how OSI responds to your license questions. I'd like to make one other comment on dual licensing. I support that as a commercial business strategy. But the only practical dual licensing strategies for a licensor that makes sense to me

Re: [License-discuss] EU Commission Publication of EUPL v1.2

2017-05-22 Thread Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz
hen the Licensor (as defined below) has placed the following notice immediately following the copyright notice for the Work: Licensed under the EUPL or has expressed by any other means his willingness to license under the EUPL. 1.Definitions In this Licen

[License-discuss] EU Commission Publication of EUPL v1.2

2017-05-22 Thread Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz
notice for the Work: Licensed under the EUPL or has expressed by any other means his willingness to license under the EUPL. 1.Definitions In this Licence, the following terms have the following meaning: — ‘The Licence’:this Licence. — ‘The Original Work’:the work or so

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] patents & interoperability

2017-05-16 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
zeng, Nigel H CTR (US) <nigel.tz...@jhuapl.edu>; > license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] patents & interoperability > > All active links contained in this email were disabled. Please verify the > identity of the sender, and confirm the authenticity of

Re: [License-discuss] Free Public License/0 Clause BSD License with Zlib Warranty Disclaimer

2017-04-17 Thread Jonas Baggett
and are close to the license text you want to have, especially the very last one. The first sentence of the page states that : " There are many MIT variants, all of which are functionally identical.". Based on that, I conclude that there is no issue with your license tex

Re: [License-discuss] Free Public License/0 Clause BSD License with Zlib Warranty Disclaimer

2017-04-16 Thread Jonas Baggett
and are close to the license text you want to have, especially the very last one. The first sentence of the page states that : " There are many MIT variants, all of which are functionally identical.". Based on that, I conclude that there is no issue with your license tex

Re: [License-discuss] notes on a systematic approach to "popular" licenses

2017-04-09 Thread Philippe Ombredanne
On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Luis Villa <l...@lu.is> wrote: > What's the "right" level to scan at? Top-level project-declared LICENSE > file? Or per-file throughout the tree? (Note that often those two measures > don't agree with each other.) MO is that the right lev

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