On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 10:34:53AM +0200, Lionello Lunesu ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
OK, I'll 'share' my thoughts on all of these mails. : ) Thanks for all
the helpful input by the way! I appreciate it!
LL So we (my company) have decided to make our VR-toolkit open source!
LL [...]
LL AND
The end is near.
LER An alternative you might consider is the Aladdin Free Public License
(AFPL).
I found it at:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/doc/Public.htm
Thanks for the tip! It is what I've been looking for. Distribution is
allowed but every change from the original Work must
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Lionello Lunesu wrote:
But, as mentioned above, I'm very satisfied with the AFPL, and we've already
decided to put our toolkit on our homepage with this license.
Fair enough.
This doesn't
mean however that I'm not accepting suggestions and comments! Like I've said
OK, I'll 'share' my thoughts on all of these mails. : )
Thanks for all the helpful input by the way! I appreciate it!
LL So we (my company) have decided to make our VR-toolkit open source!
LL [...]
LL AND we don't want other people to be able to create their
LL own distribution of the toolkit.
Lionello Lunesu wrote:
So what am I doing here on opersource.org?
I want to go "open source". I've put it between quotes since it turns out to
be something different than what I thought. I want to share the source code
with others. They may use the source code for learning, debugging,
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000, Lionello Lunesu wrote:
OK, if this is the case, then I'll have to change the plans. I don't
want togo open-source.. I think though that the license I'm looking for
is out there, somewhere. But it looks like I'll be writing my own
license agreement. Let me describe our
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, flash gordon wrote:
I would suggest standard admittedly simplistic definitions:
1] 'Full Use Lifetime License' = [FULL] 'unfettered use' [i.e. GPL]
2] 'Limited Use Software Enjoyment Rights License' = [LUSER License :)]
typical restricted commercial type copyright
3]
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Lionello Lunesu wrote:
So we (my company) have decided to make our VR-toolkit open source!
[...]
AND we don't want other people to be able to create their
own distribution of the toolkit.
These two are inconsistant - the OSD essentially requires that others be
allowed
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Lionello Lunesu wrote:
Does the GPL allow us (the toolkit creators) to ask a fee for commercial use
of our toolkit?
Not specifically, but it doesn't prevent you from separately licensing the
code that you own to someone under terms other than the GPL. You *have*
have the
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, flash gordon wrote:
Were I to release code for the public good and access, I would resent it
highly if someone assimilated it, packaged it and marketed it, and making
thousands or even millions in the process. And if that were to happen, I
think I would be reluctant
OK..
So we (my company) have decided to make our VR-toolkit open source! But we
haven't decided which license to use for it. GPL seems the obvious choice,
but we want to restrict the freedom somehow (at least in the beginning, just
so we can ge more organised). We definately want to prohibit
From: Lionello Lunesu [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
so we can ge more organised). We definately want to prohibit commercial
use
(I guess GPL covers this), but we also want to be notified of any changes
The GPL encourages commercial use (I may be wrong, but
I have a feeling that the OSI rules
Does the GPL allow us (the toolkit creators) to ask a fee for commercial use
of our toolkit?
L.
Lionello Lunesu wrote:
Does the GPL allow us (the toolkit creators) to ask a fee for commercial use
of our toolkit?
You can ask what you want. :-)
But because the GPL explicitly permits free redistribution, anyone could
do the same, so it would be necessary to add value in return for the
It is nice to see someone ask questions before they take a license and
assume it does something it does not, and mis-use it.
Does the GPL allow us (the toolkit creators) to ask a fee for commercial use
of our toolkit?
That is a question that can be interpreted in a few different ways
which
From: Lionello Lunesu [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Does the GPL allow us (the toolkit creators) to ask a fee for commercial
use
of our toolkit?
[DJW:] No. You can ask a fee for the supply of the
recorded media and for support, but you cannot
charge for the licence itself. You can even
At 10:09 AM 9/29/00 +0200, Lionello Lunesu wrote:
OK..
So we (my company) have decided to make our VR-toolkit open source! But we
haven't decided which license to use for it. GPL seems the obvious choice,
but we want to restrict the freedom somehow (at least in the beginning, just
so we can ge
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, flash gordon wrote:
GPL does not prohibit commercialization, it protects it.
Personally I think that is a major flaw in the GNU/GPL concept of
'freeware' - I think the term 'freeware' should be reserved for software
that is both free of restrictions on modifications
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