Re: [License-discuss] licenses for hosted services

2016-08-05 Thread Lawrence Rosen
Miles Fidelman wrote: I'm wondering if anybody has any experience or thoughts about licenses that permit self-hosting, and free hosting, but require a license fee for for-profit hosting. Stephen Paul Weber responded: Of course, such a license would not be open source. However, I believe

Re: [License-discuss] licenses for hosted services

2016-08-05 Thread Stephen Paul Weber
> I'm wondering if anybody has any experience or thoughts about licenses that > permit self-hosting, and free hosting, but require a license fee for > for-profit hosting. Of course, such a license would not be open source. However, I believe that AGPL would get you very close to t

Re: [License-discuss] licenses for hosted services

2016-08-05 Thread Smith, McCoy
There are any number of licenses written in this way. CC BY-NC-* for example. None of them are open source, however. See OSD 1 & 6. You might want to post on a non-open source bulletin board. -Original Message- From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-05 Thread Maarten Zeinstra
Hi Kevin and Cem, I think the confusion here is indeed about ownership vs, access, As I understand Cem’s project he wants to provide access to third parties to its code and wants to ‘license’ it. However open source license (afaik) deal with the ownership part of the code and does not deal

[License-discuss] licenses for hosted services

2016-08-05 Thread Miles Fidelman
Hi Folks, I'm working on some code that will eventually be made available as both open source code, and a hosted service (think Wordpress, Drupal, etc.). I'm wondering if anybody has any experience or thoughts about licenses that permit self-hosting, and free hosting, but require a license

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-03 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
OK, so there is a possibility that there is no copyright in foreign (to the US) countries because such countries may choose to interpret the Berne convention in that manner. That suggests to me that the USG needs a contract-based license even more than it already did, otherwise there may

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-03 Thread Maarten Zeinstra
-- Kennisland | www.kl.nl <http://www.kl.nl/> | t +31205756720 | m +31643053919 | @mzeinstra > On 03 Aug 2016, at 19:42, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) > <cem.f.karan@mail.mil> wrote: > >> -Original Message- >> From: License-dis

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-03 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: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 11:39 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-03 Thread John Cowan
Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) scripsit: > A copyright-based license may work outside of the US because the USG > would (probably) have copyright protections there? Depending solely on local law, so there is no uniform answer. > As far as I know, this hasn't been litigated any

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-03 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: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 9:57 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-03 Thread John Cowan
rvival value. --Ian Johnston ___ 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: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-03 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
? If that were possible, we wouldn't need the ARL OSL at all. Thanks, Cem Karan U.S. Army Research Laboratory Open Source License (ARL OSL) Version 0.4.0, July 2016 http://no/URL/as/yet TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-03 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
to assign their copyright to the USG, in which case the ARL OSL will provide a license for that material as well. Finally, once a project starts accepting contributions, contributors may have copyright. They are licensing their material under the ARL OSL. Even if the USG doesn't have standing

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-03 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
) A license is a contract. The USG can enter into and enforce contracts. Thus, the USG can enforce a license by going to court, etc. It can also defend itself in court based on a license (e.g., to defend against claims of warranty, etc.). 2) Copyright is an entirely separate issue. Copyright can

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-02 Thread Maarten Zeinstra
on is claimed; however, unless the > legislation of that country otherwise provides, the term shall not exceed the > term fixed in the country of origin of the work.’ If the U.S. term of > protection is 0 years, than other countries would also apply 0 years. > > @John, @Cem: do

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-08-02 Thread Maarten Zeinstra
network in the U.S. If not, any license you want to apply on this material is immediately void (which is only a theoretical problem imo). Regards, Maarten -- Kennisland | www.kl.nl <http://www.kl.nl/> | t +31205756720 | m +31643053919 | @mzeinstra > On 29 Jul 2016, at 19:37, Karan,

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: U.S. Army Research Laboratory Open Source License (ARL OSL) 0.4.0

2016-07-29 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
I've talked with the lawyer in the ARL legal office. He says he is in contact with people up and down the chain of command, so that should be taken care of. Thanks, Cem Karan > -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On &g

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: U.S. Army Research Laboratory Open Source License (ARL OSL) 0.4.0

2016-07-29 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
I've passed your question along, I'll answer as soon as I know. Thanks, Cem Karan > -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Tzeng, Nigel H. > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 5:16 PM > To: license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-29 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
has asserted this, but he is checking to see if he can find case law regarding this to definitively answer the question. Thanks, Cem Karan > -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Maarten Zeinstra > Sent: Sun

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: U.S. Army Research Laboratory Open Source License (ARL OSL) 0.4.0

2016-07-28 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
. On the other hand DoD OSS projects are somewhat special cases themselves and UARCs have to deal with a variety of research grant sources and are typically smaller pieces of the larger university system. On 7/28/16, 4:38 PM, "License-discuss on behalf of Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)"

Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-28 Thread Maarten Zeinstra
), then no foreign rights can be assigned as well. Hence the work must be in the public domain world wide. I have more experience with Creative Commons-licenses than with Open Source license, but in CC licenses the license exists for the duration of the right. I assume all Open Source licenses

Re: [License-discuss] U.S. Army Research Laboratory Open Source License (ARL OSL) 0.4.0

2016-07-28 Thread Tzeng, Nigel H.
Has this been reviewed by the ARL Office of Chief Counsel? I know the army has an intellectual property counsel as part of the JAG/USALSA out at Ft. Belvoir. You also have a tech transfer office at ARL that handles Patent License Agreements for ARL under 15 USC 3710a who would probably want

[License-discuss] U.S. Army Research Laboratory Open Source License (ARL OSL) 0.4.0

2016-07-28 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
I've incorporated some suggested changes into the ARL OSL, and bumped the version number to reflect this. The new text is both below and attached, and can be diffed with the text at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt. Change log: 1) Changed 'Apache' to 'ARL OSL' everywhere

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-26 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
Thank you! I've subscribed to legal-disc...@apache.org and will be bringing up our license there shortly. And thank you for all your points, assuming you don't mind, I'll bring them up at legal-disc...@apache.org as well. Thanks, Cem Karan > -Original Message- > From: License-d

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Richard Eckart de Castilho
Hi Cem, > On 25.07.2016, at 18:41, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) > <cem.f.karan@mail.mil> wrote: > > OK at this point I want to start another discussion about the license > (attached once again, with the minor correction of stripping out the word >

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Richard Eckart de Castilho
Hi Cem, > On 25.07.2016, at 18:41, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) > <cem.f.karan@mail.mil> wrote: > > OK at this point I want to start another discussion about the license > (attached once again, with the minor correction of stripping out the word >

Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
." Cheers! Sean _______ 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: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Gervase Markham > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 12:49 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Gervase Markham
On 25/07/16 17:33, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) wrote: > OK, I see where you're coming from, I'm just not comfortable with it. I'm > much more comfortable with a single license that covers everything. I also > know that our lawyers would be more comfortable with a single

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
OK at this point I want to start another discussion about the license (attached once again, with the minor correction of stripping out the word 'Apache', which I'd left in earlier). Is the license compatible with Apache 2.0 and the licenses that Apache 2.0 is compatible with? If not, why

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Gervase Markham > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 11:20 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread John Cowan
--Duck Soup ___ 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: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Gervase Markham
of notice the USG > could be sued because bugs cause a crash at some point, causing harm, etc., > etc., etc. The 'no warranty' clause is something we have to have. In fact, > if you read the CC0 license text > (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode), even

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Gervase Markham > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 10:36 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Gervase Markham
On 25/07/16 15:12, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) wrote: > Even though it will be headache to do so, we still need to. USG works that > don't have copyright attached must still have a license/contract that offers > the same protections as one would expect from the Apache 2.

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Gervase Markham > Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 9:24 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Philippe Ombredanne > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 2:27 AM > To: lro...@rosenlaw.com; license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [Licens

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Gervase Markham
On 25/07/16 13:46, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) wrote: > 1) Put out a notice to the world that the code covered under the license is > 'AS-IS'; the whole 'no warranty' part in the Apache 2.0 license. This needs > to cover not only the USG, but also any contributors.

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Maarten Zeinstra > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:51 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Lawrence Rosen > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 5:23 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Cc: Lawrence Rosen <lro...@rosenlaw.com> > Subject: [Non-DoD S

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Philippe Ombredanne > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 5:12 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-25 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Gervase Markham > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2016 5:09 AM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research

Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-23 Thread Maarten Zeinstra
the US. Thus, if a >> project is downloaded and used outside of the USA, then any work produced by >> a >> US Government employee will have foreign copyright protection, and the terms >> of the License should apply to that copyright as well. > > Presumably it's the

Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-23 Thread Lawrence Rosen
I don't understand your worry. Not only can't you assert copyright in the U.S., you can't prevent anyone in the U.S. from copying or modifying those works even without any license needed from you. You can't even rely on contract law in the U.S. to protect against those uses here. I hav

Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-23 Thread Philippe Ombredanne
f this, we need a license that meets our legal and regulatory needs, but > is ideally fully interchangeable with everything licensed under the Apache 2 > license as defined at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt. We also > want our license to be fully accepted by OSI as a v

Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-23 Thread Gervase Markham
On 22/07/16 22:01, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) wrote: > Unfortunately, we cannot directly use the Apache 2 license for all of our > code. Most of our researchers work for the US Federal Government and under US > copyright law any works they produce during the course of their

Re: [License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-22 Thread John Cowan
by a > US Government employee will have foreign copyright protection, and the terms > of the License should apply to that copyright as well. Presumably it's the US government that holds the foreign copyright, since its employees are making works made for hire. You should probably add back "

[License-discuss] US Army Research Laboratory Open Source License proposal

2016-07-22 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
Hi, my name is Cem Karan. I work for the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, MD. I'm in charge of defining the Open Source policy for ARL. As a part of this, we need a license that meets our legal and regulatory needs, but is ideally fully interchangeable with everything licensed

Re: [License-discuss] open source licenses addressing malicious derivatives

2016-07-15 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
Hi Henrik, Thanks for the inputs. I have been trying to make the case that trademark is adequate to address injunctive relief needs, but needed to survey the landscape of alternative possibilities (and their downsides). As it is, the best defensive argument is looking to be license

Re: [License-discuss] open source licenses addressing malicious derivatives

2016-06-30 Thread Engel Nyst
Somehow similar clause is in AL 2.0, 4b), though not as broad. _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Does Non-Profit Open Software License fulfill the open source definition?

2016-06-28 Thread Vaclav Petras
Thank you, this clarifies a lot. On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 12:19 AM, John Cowan <co...@mercury.ccil.org> wrote: > > > the Non-Profit Open Software License [1] has non-profit amendment which > > discriminates against for-profit, i.e. commercial use. > > Actually it si

Re: [License-discuss] Does Non-Profit Open Software License fulfill the open source definition?

2016-06-27 Thread John Cowan
Vaclav Petras scripsit: > the Non-Profit Open Software License [1] has non-profit amendment which > discriminates against for-profit, i.e. commercial use. Actually it simply forbids redistribution by commercial entities, not use. > It seems to me that this clear violates the Op

[License-discuss] Does Non-Profit Open Software License fulfill the open source definition?

2016-06-27 Thread Vaclav Petras
Hello all, the Non-Profit Open Software License [1] has non-profit amendment which discriminates against for-profit, i.e. commercial use. It seems to me that this clear violates the Open Source Definition [2] because it discriminates against a specific field of endeavor. Can somebody please

Re: [License-discuss] open source licenses addressing malicious derivatives

2016-06-23 Thread Henrik Ingo
rl...@mac.com> wrote: > Is there any OSI-approved license that provides injunctive relief to an > original author in the situation of a bad actor creating a damaging > derivative? To figure this out, I’ve been researching and trying to sort > out: > > 1) which existing OSI-a

Re: [License-discuss] open source licenses addressing malicious derivatives

2016-06-23 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
to blindly agree that something-or-other causes irreparable harm just because a contract says that it does: The injunction request would stem from someone not adhering to the license / agreement terms, regardless of whether it is causing harm (though it's probably easy to argue that someone

Re: [License-discuss] open source licenses addressing malicious derivatives

2016-06-23 Thread Charles Swiger
Hi, Sean-- On Jun 22, 2016, at 4:40 PM, Christopher Sean Morrison <brl...@mac.com> wrote: > Is there any OSI-approved license that provides injunctive relief to an > original author in the situation of a bad actor creating a damaging > derivative? At least for the US, in

[License-discuss] open source licenses addressing malicious derivatives

2016-06-22 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
Is there any OSI-approved license that provides injunctive relief to an original author in the situation of a bad actor creating a damaging derivative? To figure this out, I’ve been researching and trying to sort out: 1) which existing OSI-approved licenses impose derivative requirements (e.g

[License-discuss] License on neural net data?

2016-06-19 Thread Dr. David Alan Gilbert
of different licenses, what can I license the trained system under? It seems in some ways some systems can be seen as lossy compression systems, e.g. (1) - so those are on the edge of having a lot of the original source, but that doesn't feel like it should be true of something trained for voice

Re: [License-discuss] License-discuss Digest, Vol 54, Issue 4

2016-06-17 Thread Michael L. Whitener
Thanks Gustavo! That makes sense to me. Michael -Original Message- From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On Behalf Of license-discuss-requ...@opensource.org Sent: Friday, June 17, 2016 6:01 AM To: license-discuss@opensource.org Subject: License-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] License-discuss Digest, Vol 54, Issue 3

2016-06-16 Thread Gustavo G . Mármol
to the original license terms that it would not be acceptable under this License. If accepted it would be fine for "other license created" but not the FPL already approved by the OSI. That´s to say, It would be other license, and not anymore the FPL. Cheers, Gustavo. 2016-06-16 9:00

[License-discuss] Adding GPL Terms to FPL License Agreement

2016-06-15 Thread Michael L. Whitener
Would love to get the group's input on the following issue. I'm reviewing a software license agreement that purports to license software under the Free Public License 1.0.0 (FPL), which is quite permissive. The approved FPL license terms are included in the license grant. But in a subsequent

[License-discuss] New settings for license--discuss

2016-06-01 Thread Richard Fontana
Greetings, The OSI recently changed the settings for license-discuss to permit posting only from subscribers to the list. All nonsubscribers who attempt to post to the list will receive an informative rejection message. This step was particularly necessary because of the enormous volume of spam

Re: [License-discuss] Source-attribution licenses and Javascript compatibility

2016-05-31 Thread Kevin Fleming
I agree completely with Philippe; a statement such as you proposed does not modify the license, but it indicates to downstream consumers the scenarios under which they could expect you to (potentially) enforce the attribution requirement, and situations under which you do not intend to enforce

Re: [License-discuss] Source-attribution licenses and Javascript compatibility

2016-05-31 Thread Philippe Ombredanne
On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 4:06 AM, Andi McClure <andi.m.mccl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am working on some projects (a programming language, a game library) for > which I wish to use a "source attribution" license-- for example, the zlib > license, or the 2-clause BSD license

Re: [License-discuss] Source-attribution licenses and Javascript compatibility

2016-05-31 Thread Lawrence Rosen
Andi McClure wrote: > The zlib license refers to "source distributions". The BSD license refers to > "redistributions of source code". Neither license defines "source code". > Without a definition, how do I (or someone who uses my project) know

Re: [License-discuss] Source-attribution licenses and Javascript compatibility

2016-05-29 Thread David Woolley
On 20/05/16 03:06, Andi McClure wrote: "For purposes of the above license, 'source' is defined as the preferred form for making modifications to the code. In other words, minified Javascript which is not intended to be modified does not count as a 'source distribution'." …and if

Re: [License-discuss] Source-attribution licenses and Javascript compatibility

2016-05-28 Thread John Cowan
Andi McClure scripsit: > The zlib license refers to "source distributions". The BSD license refers > to "redistributions of source code". Neither license defines "source code". [...] > The Apache and MPL licenses *do* define "source code"

[License-discuss] Source-attribution licenses and Javascript compatibility

2016-05-28 Thread Andi McClure
I am working on some projects (a programming language, a game library) for which I wish to use a "source attribution" license-- for example, the zlib license, or the 2-clause BSD license if I could somehow delete the second clause. I want people redistributing or reusing source co

Re: [License-discuss] Trove Classifiers

2016-05-08 Thread Philippe Ombredanne
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Paul R. Tagliamonte <paul...@opensource.org> wrote: > Hey all, > > For those who don't know, Trove classifiers are used by the Python > world to talk about what is contained in the Python package. Stuff > like saying "It's under the MIT/Exp

[License-discuss] Trove Classifiers

2016-05-04 Thread Paul R. Tagliamonte
Hey all, For those who don't know, Trove classifiers are used by the Python world to talk about what is contained in the Python package. Stuff like saying "It's under the MIT/Expat license!" or "It's beta!". I was looking at the tags, and I saw one that made me "wat&

Re: [License-discuss] Open Source License API Soft-launch

2016-05-01 Thread Philippe Ombredanne
ther! > > You can find the Open Source API at: > >https://api.opensource.org/ Very nice. Congrats and thanks! -- Cordially Philippe Ombredanne _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

[License-discuss] Open Source License API Soft-launch

2016-04-28 Thread Paul R. Tagliamonte
/master/doc/endpoints.md A Python wrapper I hacked up: https://github.com/opensourceorg/python-opensource Some example queries: https://api.opensource.org/licenses/ https://api.opensource.org/licenses/permissive https://api.opensource.org/license/GPL-3.0 https://api.opensource.org

Re: [License-discuss] Life cycle of a license with and without binary attribution clause

2016-02-11 Thread Gisi, Mark
Zluty, >> is Company Bar required to reproduce the text of the license? It is always best to consult with your legal counsel for precise guidance on your specific situation. Here is an Open Source Movement perspective of the problem: The Movement is founded upon the principle of fricti

Re: [License-discuss] Life cycle of a license with and without binary attribution clause

2016-02-10 Thread Kevin Fleming
to apply to all distributions, no matter how many parties are involved. Otherwise, it would be fairly trivial to construct a set of legal entities that allowed you to avoid the attribution obligation entirely. For (b), removing clause 2 from the 2-clause BSD license would make it a different

[License-discuss] Life cycle of a license with and without binary attribution clause

2016-02-04 Thread Zluty Sysel
Hi there, I was wondering the following regarding attribution clauses in licenses like the BSD 3-clause and derivatives. a) If Company Foo manufactures a product (think Integrated Circuit) that contains portions of software (say firmware in ROM) in binary form covered by the BSD license

[License-discuss] Words that don't mean derivative work

2016-02-03 Thread Lawrence Rosen
icenses: Licensor hereby additionally asserts that the copyleft, reciprocity, or derivative work obligations in this license only apply to software that is modified or expressly changed in its executable or source code form. This is just a wish that the FOS

Re: [License-discuss] Words that don't mean derivative work

2016-02-03 Thread Diane Peters
law. > This is unfortunate for those of us who want to obey licenses. Wouldn't it > be nice if the following sentence – by mutual agreement – was added to ALL > of our FOSS licenses: > > > > *Licensor hereby additionally asserts that the copyleft, reciprocity, > or derivative

Re: [License-discuss] Words that don't mean derivative work

2016-02-03 Thread Lawrence Rosen
Hi Diane, thanks very much for copying the words of the CC licenses. I agree with those words in your license except for the word "arranged." They DO mean "derivative work." In fact, those are almost the same words that I used in my own licenses to mean that difficult cop

Re: [License-discuss] Questions about translations

2016-02-03 Thread John Cowan
national law. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowanco...@ccil.org In my last lifetime, I believed in reincarnation; in this lifetime, I don't. --Thiagi ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.openso

Re: [License-discuss] AFL/OSL/NOSL 3.0

2016-01-18 Thread Simon Phipps
is: http://rosenlaw.com/OSL3.0-explained.htm. > > I would appreciate it if FSF and OSI would copy this document to their own > websites instead of inventing their own. > > Best regards, /Larry > > > > -Original Message- > From: Mark Wielaard [mailto:m...@klomp.

[License-discuss] AFL/OSL/NOSL 3.0

2016-01-18 Thread Lawrence Rosen
, 2016 12:32 AM To: License submissions for OSI review <license-rev...@opensource.org> Subject: Re: [License-review] Approval: BSD + Patent License On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 10:03:33AM -0800, Lawrence Rosen wrote: > McCoy is proposing a BSD license plus patent license. It is an okay >

[License-discuss] old list archives imported

2015-12-23 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Dear members of the license-{review,discuss} mailing lists, this message is to inform you that we have reintegrated into the current list archives all the old messages that were previously available at a different website. You can see the results at the official list archives at: https

[License-discuss] Artistic License/Perl: Are we allowed to remove files from the perl distribution?

2015-12-13 Thread Torsten Fahle
Hi, I've got a question concerning "The Artistic License" of Perl. Since I don't find any hints elsewhere and since the Perl web site refers to this mailing list, I post my question here. Hope that this is the right place. The question is basically: Are we allowed to distribute

[License-discuss] CDDL 1.0 vs. 1.1

2015-12-11 Thread Mike Milinkovich
fall through the cracks here, or is there some longer story? -- Mike Milinkovich mike.milinkov...@eclipse.org ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] CDDL 1.0 vs. 1.1

2015-12-11 Thread Mike Milinkovich
On 11/12/2015 10:33 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: Sun never bothered to request approval for 1.1 as the lawyers involved regarded the changes as trivial. Hmmm. Doesn't that put consumers in the awkward position of using software which is not strictly speaking under an OSI-approved license? I

Re: [License-discuss] CDDL 1.0 vs. 1.1

2015-12-11 Thread Simon Phipps
> > -- > Mike Milinkovich > mike.milinkov...@eclipse.org > > > > _______ > License-discuss mailing list > License-discuss@opensource.org > https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss > > -- Simon P

Re: [License-discuss] Orphan Works: Summary of proposed 17 USC 514

2015-12-08 Thread Lawrence Rosen
zation <http://copyright.gov/orphan/reports/orphan-works2015.pdf> , Executive Summary, page 1, first paragraph. /Larry -Original Message- From: Henrik Ingo [mailto:henrik.i...@avoinelama.fi] Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 12:03 PM To: license-discuss@opensource.org S

Re: [License-discuss] Orphan Works: Summary of proposed 17 USC 514

2015-12-07 Thread Henrik Ingo
o stand to gain from co-opting orphaned works and then including them into new, copyrighted productions. henrik -- henrik.i...@avoinelama.fi +358-40-5697354skype: henrik.ingoirc: hingo www.openlife.cc My LinkedIn profile: http://fi.linkedin.com/pub/henrik-ingo/3/232/8a7 __

Re: [License-discuss] Does adding this condition to the MIT license make it non-OSI compliant or non-compatible with GPL / LGPL?

2015-12-06 Thread Simon Phipps
Not OSD compatible. On 6 Dec 2015 8:56 p.m., "Marc Laporte" <m...@marclaporte.com> wrote: > Hi! > > bpmn-js is a BPMN 2.0 diagram modeling and rendering toolkit. > > The license is here: > https://github.com/bpmn-io/bpmn-js/blob/master/LICENSE > > wh

Re: [License-discuss] Orphan Works: Summary of proposed 17 USC 514

2015-12-05 Thread John Cowan
ocuses on empowering key players to drive-up their core competencies and increase expectations with an all-around initiative to drive up the bottom-line. --Alex Papadimoulis _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Orphan Works: Summary of proposed 17 USC 514

2015-12-05 Thread Michael R. Bernstein
able playing. - Michael ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Orphan Works: Summary of proposed 17 USC 514

2015-12-05 Thread Michael R. Bernstein
xpect the standard to be one that large corporations can routinely comply with but that independent creators/remixers are likely to struggle with, much like the current situation regarding clearing and licensing audio samples. - Michael ___ License-discus

[License-discuss] PLI Open Source and Free Software 2015 on 12/16

2015-12-04 Thread Lawrence Rosen
pular speakers will define the open source community and describe its licenses for those new to this area of intellectual property in software. * David Marr (Qualcomm) and MItch Segal (Hewlett-Packard): Attorneys for large technology companies describe their own best practices for open

[License-discuss] Orphan Works: Summary of proposed 17 USC 514

2015-12-04 Thread Lawrence Rosen
s Digitization": http://copyright.gov/orphan/reports/orphan-works2015.pdf _______ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Orphan Works: Summary of proposed 17 USC 514

2015-12-04 Thread Henrik Ingo
nto a new derivative work, provided the harm to the > owner-author is reputational in nature and not otherwise compensable; > > > > · Condition the ability of state actors to enjoy limitations on > injunctive relief upon their payment of any agreed-upon or court-ordered >

Re: [License-discuss] linking exception in OpenJDK

2015-12-02 Thread Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz
litigation or some action against the Commission as software licensor. One could not exclude either that in case of linking between a GPL-covered program and a proprietary program, the Court may consider that distributing the linked work under a proprietary license would* “**prejudices

Re: [License-discuss] linking exception in OpenJDK

2015-12-01 Thread Joshua Gay
g> Free Software Foundation<https://donate.fsf.org> GPG key ID: 8DA625BBWhat's a GPG key ID? See our Email Self-Defense Guide: <https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org> _____

Re: [License-discuss] linking exception in OpenJDK

2015-12-01 Thread Patrice-Emmanuel Schmitz
As we periodically return to this famous discussion on "Linking requesting a specific license exception or a permission from the author", I just remind once again that - at least according to EU legislation, the "linking exception" is - under specific conditions - a rule t

Re: [License-discuss] linking exception in OpenJDK

2015-11-27 Thread Thufir
Whoops, I listened again, and Bradley does later mention that Google could use the classpath exception, at the very end. ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org https://lists.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

[License-discuss] linking exception in OpenJDK

2015-11-27 Thread Thufir
about OpenJDK and IcedTea, they don't mention this notion. A GPL linking exception modifies the GNU General Public License (GPL) in a way that enables software projects which provide library code to be "linked to" the programs that use them, without applying the full terms of the GPL to

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