Re: [matplotlib-devel] OT: licensing discussion

2007-07-06 Thread Carl Worth
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:03:30 -0700, Christopher Barker wrote: > to, so maybe I'm missing something. In essence, I see a distinction > between contributing to a project someone else is releasing, and > creating a derived work that I release myself. Maybe there is no > difference. I'll reply only

Re: [matplotlib-devel] OT: licensing discussion

2007-07-06 Thread Christopher Barker
Carl Worth wrote: > Yes, I have thought about licensing a lot. And I'll gladly share my > opinions, (but no legal advice, of course, etc. etc.). Thanks for your input. >> I work for the US federal government, and we are not allowed to >> copyright our work, so be definition, any code we write is

Re: [matplotlib-devel] OT: licensing discussion

2007-07-06 Thread Carl Worth
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:05:22 -0700, Christopher Barker wrote: > Sorry to spam this list with this, but it came up here... > > Carl, you have clearly thought this out a lot, and have a real > experience with this, so I have a issue that you may have some insights > into: Yes, I have thought about l

Re: [matplotlib-devel] OT: licensing discussion

2007-07-06 Thread Carl Worth
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 02:16:34 +0900, "Bill Baxter" wrote: > > Carl Worth wrote: > > >> http://www.scipy.org/License_Compatibility > > > > > > Thanks, John, for sharing this essay. Please allow me to respond to a > > > few points: > > I can't answer your question about GPL in the gub'ment, but I would

Re: [matplotlib-devel] OT: licensing discussion

2007-07-06 Thread Bill Baxter
On 7/7/07, Christopher Barker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry to spam this list with this, but it came up here... Carl Worth wrote: >> http://www.scipy.org/License_Compatibility > > Thanks, John, for sharing this essay. Please allow me to respond to a > few points: I can't answer your quest

[matplotlib-devel] OT: licensing discussion

2007-07-06 Thread Christopher Barker
Sorry to spam this list with this, but it came up here... Carl Worth wrote: >> http://www.scipy.org/License_Compatibility > > Thanks, John, for sharing this essay. Please allow me to respond to a > few points: Carl, you have clearly thought this out a lot, and have a real experience with this,