Re: violating a license b4 product release

2003-04-05 Thread mmurphy
Does the GPL (or any other license) address the question of _code acceptance policies_? Where specifically? I haven't seen many licenses spell that out, as the licenses might be used multiple places and code acceptance policies could vary from place to place. However, many *groups* have code

Re: violating a license b4 product release

2003-04-04 Thread Erik Ostermueller
Thank you all for your attention on this question. My main concern (which you've addressed) is holding onto rights for the code I've written myself :- ). Does the GPL (or any other license) address the question of _code acceptance policies_? Where specifically? Thanks again, --Erik O. ---

Re: violating a license b4 product release

2003-04-03 Thread Mark Rafn
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Erik Ostermueller wrote: Must I do anything in particular to insure that I can safely/legally violate the terms of the license PRIOR to the product release? The license is not binding on the copyright holder. If you wrote it, you can do whatever you like, before or after

Re: violating a license b4 product release

2003-04-02 Thread Ian Lance Taylor
Erik Ostermueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm planning on releasing an open-source product, probably under the GNU license. Must I do anything in particular to insure that I can safely/legally violate the terms of the license PRIOR to the product release? Assuming that you hold the