Re: OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation

2002-10-30 Thread Bruce Dodson
(Larry said...) > Not if it ain't a Derivative Work, I'd say. > ... > What do you think? I think the same. Common sense tells me that a book that isn't a derivative work should be outside the scope of the contract. This concept is probably non-technical enough that even a judge would be able to

RE: OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation

2002-10-30 Thread Forrest J. Cavalier III
"Lawrence E. Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in part: > > Then, Forrest's question: what about a book that isn't a > > derivative work? Could contract law and some technically > > inept judge compell the book publisher to release the book's > > source code (DocBook / TeX / whatever) under OSL?

RE: OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation

2002-10-30 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
> Then, Forrest's question: what about a book that isn't a > derivative work? Could contract law and some technically > inept judge compell the book publisher to release the book's > source code (DocBook / TeX / whatever) under OSL? Not if it ain't a Derivative Work, I'd say. On the other hand

Re: OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation

2002-10-30 Thread Bruce Dodson
code (DocBook / TeX / whatever) under OSL? - Original Message - From: "Forrest J. Cavalier III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:53 PM Subject: RE: OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation > Lawrence E. Rosen" <[EMA

RE: OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation

2002-10-30 Thread Forrest J. Cavalier III
Lawrence E. Rosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in part: > > > 3) Grant of Source Code License. The term "Source Code" means the > > > preferred form of the Original Work for making > > modifications to it and > > > all available documentation describing how to access and modify the > > > Origina

RE: OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation

2002-10-30 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
> > 3) Grant of Source Code License. The term "Source Code" means the > > preferred form of the Original Work for making > modifications to it and > > all available documentation describing how to access and modify the > > Original Work. > > "access" is not well-defined. > > Is your intent to

OSL 1.1 treatment of documentation

2002-10-30 Thread Forrest J. Cavalier III
> 3) Grant of Source Code License. The term "Source Code" means the > preferred form of the Original Work for making modifications to it and > all available documentation describing how to access and modify the > Original Work. "access" is not well-defined. Is your intent to compel book publisher