This will appear to be an extremely pedantic email, but it arises from a
discussion with a corporate lawyer who I believe was genuinely confused by
some of the wording in the Open Source Definition.
The discussion focussed around the intent of clause 1, Free Redistribution,
in particular
Richard Boulton scripsit:
We were unable to come to a satisfactory agreement, so I am asking this
list: "Is it permissible in any circumstances for an Open Source license
to require a royalty or other fee for sale of the software?"
The answer is clearly "no".
If the answer is no, I humbly
From: Richard Boulton [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
We were unable to come to a satisfactory agreement, so I am asking this
list: "Is it permissible in any circumstances for an Open Source license
to require a royalty or other fee for sale of the software?"
[DJW:]
The GPL is
On Friday 16 February 2001 01:49 am, Richard Boulton wrote:
The discussion focussed around the intent of clause 1, Free Redistribution,
in particular "The license may not require a royalty or other fee for such
sale."
As a child, when your lawyer's mother told him that he "may not have a
John Cowan writes:
Richard Boulton scripsit:
We were unable to come to a satisfactory agreement, so I am asking this
list: "Is it permissible in any circumstances for an Open Source license
to require a royalty or other fee for sale of the software?"
The answer is clearly "no".
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