Re: license idea

2003-07-16 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi
Ryo Chijiiwa wrote: Hi, I'm the author of a PHP-based webmail client called IlohaMail (http://ilohamail.org) currently released under the GPL, and am considering offering my software under a license that would maintain its free (as in speech) nature but not necessarily be free (as in beer) in

Re: license idea

2003-07-16 Thread Ryo Chijiiwa
On 7/16/2003, Giacomo A. Catenazzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2) For-profit organizations may re-distribute the software, however if they charge more than a reasonable distribution fee, they must pay royalties to the project. free as in speech? Not only individual are free to speech. Why

Re: license idea

2003-07-16 Thread Ryo Chijiiwa
On 7/16/2003, Giacomo A. Catenazzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: 2) For-profit organizations may re-distribute the software, however if they charge more than a reasonable distribution fee, they must pay royalties to the project. [...] Surely not free (5: No

RE: license idea

2003-07-16 Thread Don Jarrell
-Original Message- From: Mark Rafn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 9:26 AM To: Ryo Chijiiwa Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: license idea On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Ryo Chijiiwa wrote: On 7/16/2003, Giacomo A. Catenazzi

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Ryo Chijiiwa
Thanks for all your comments. I see that my initial proposal did not fit the Open Source Definition as outlined by OSI. I apologize for my lack of research in that regard. I have since reassessed my needs, and here is a revised proposal. Would it be possible to have a license identical to the

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Andy Tai
Maybe you are looking for is the AGPL, http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html ? --- Ryo Chijiiwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have since reassessed my needs, and here is a revised proposal. Would it be possible to have a license identical to the GPL, except one which has provisions for

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Mark Rafn
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Ryo Chijiiwa wrote: Would it be possible to have a license identical to the GPL, except one which has provisions for deployment of software, rather than the distribution of binary executables? It would be possible to have such a license. I would object to it on the

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Mark Rafn
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Andy Tai wrote: Maybe you are looking for is the AGPL, http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html I don't see this on the opensource.org list, and I hope not to. Debian has expressed objections to this license as well. IMO, this is not a free software license. -- Mark Rafn

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Brian Behlendorf
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Mark Rafn wrote: My strong recommendation: Ignore antisocial users (whether they be individuals or corporations). The community has it's own strengths, the vast majority of which come from freely-chosen cooperation. Trying to make software less useful in order to

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Ryo Chijiiwa
On 7/16/2003, Mark Rafn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think that most agree that the requirement to give source and distribution rights to all users is an acceptible solution. Perhaps my interpretation of the GPL is incorrect, but I thought that was one of the basic requirements in that

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread John Cowan
Mark Rafn scripsit: This has been discussed a bit on debian-legal, under the heading ASP loophole. One interesting question is where to draw the line between use and deployment. This e-mail was routed along a box at my ISP that includes open-source code. Do I have the right to that code?

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Chuck Swiger
John Cowan wrote: [ ... ] Am I obliged to publish all changes that I make to any OSS which I use in my business? Presumably not; the right to make private changes is protected by (AFAIK) all open-source licenses including the GPL. Deploying software in an ASP is not IMHO essentially different; it

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Ryo Chijiiwa
On 7/16/2003, Mark Rafn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Andy Tai wrote: Maybe you are looking for is the AGPL, http://www.affero.org/oagpl.html I don't see this on the opensource.org list, and I hope not to. Debian has expressed objections to this license as well. IMO, this

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Brian Behlendorf
What, do our opinions need to be OSD-conformant now, too? Besides, anyone who knows where I'm coming from knows I have no dislike for revenue or branding. /me re-lurks Brian On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Mike Wattier wrote: Pardon me but, how does a statement like this Trying to make

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread John Cowan
Ryo Chijiiwa scripsit: On 7/16/2003, Mark Rafn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think that most agree that the requirement to give source and distribution rights to all users is an acceptible solution. Perhaps my interpretation of the GPL is incorrect, but I thought that was one of the

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Ryo Chijiiwa
On 7/16/2003, John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ryo Chijiiwa scripsit: On 7/16/2003, Mark Rafn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think that most agree that the requirement to give source and distribution rights to all users is an acceptible solution. Perhaps my interpretation of the

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread John Cowan
Chuck Swiger scripsit: Would anyone care to comment on the licensing found here: http://www.backplane.com/licensing.html The examples here make it pretty clear what the rules are. But in general the concept of corporate non-commercial use is bogus. Excluding not-for-profit corporations,

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread John Cowan
Ryo Chijiiwa scripsit: Their FAQ (http://www.affero.org/oagf.html) mentions that the license should be compatible with GPL 3.0, and may be used as a replacement. The FSF is still thinking about issuing a third version of the GPL, but it has not yet done so, and may never do so. -- In my last

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread MAILER-DAEMON
On 7/16/2003, Mark Rafn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think that most agree that the requirement to give source and distribution rights to all users is an acceptible solution. On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Ryo Chijiiwa wrote: Perhaps my interpretation of the GPL is incorrect, but I thought that was

Re: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Ryo Chijiiwa
On 7/16/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Server software like web servers and mail servers don't have interfaces for end users because that's not the intended audience. Of course they are. End users use the http and smtp interfaces of such servers every day. They are

RE: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
] Subject: Re: license idea (revised) Mark Rafn scripsit: This has been discussed a bit on debian-legal, under the heading ASP loophole. One interesting question is where to draw the line between use and deployment. This e-mail was routed along a box at my ISP that includes open

RE: license idea (revised)

2003-07-16 Thread Ryo Chijiiwa
, July 16, 2003 2:31 PM To: Mark Rafn Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: license idea (revised) Mark Rafn scripsit: This has been discussed a bit on debian-legal, under the heading ASP loophole. One interesting question is where to draw the line between use and deployment. This e