Re: License for contributed Mac OS code?

2007-12-22 Thread Joshua Juran
On Dec 22, 2007, at 11:42 AM, David Schwartz wrote: I don't think the license can compel you to make a demonstrably false statement. I think such a clause would be considered unconscionable. However, if the clauses are true under any reasonable interpretation at all, then it's probably not

RE: License for contributed Mac OS code?

2007-12-22 Thread David Schwartz
> The entire body of source code which makes up OpenSSL and is > distributed as OpenSSL, btw, might fall under the "compilation > copyright" rules. My understanding of those rules (which govern > things like phone books, dictionaries, databases, and anything else > that sources from multiple plac

Re: License for contributed Mac OS code?

2007-12-22 Thread Kyle Hamilton
If it's contributed to, and distributed as a part of, a project, the most common-sense interpretation of intent would be that the contributor intended that the contributed code be distributed under the same license as the remainder of the project. While a formal conveyance of copyright likely do

RE: License for contributed Mac OS code?

2007-12-21 Thread David Schwartz
> Barring any objections from the copyright holder(s), I will in good > faith construe Randomizer.cpp's license as being the same as > OpenSSL's license except with the false advertising clauses removed, > and consequently, compatible with the GNU GPL. > > Josh The OpenSSL license says: * 1. Re

Re: License for contributed Mac OS code?

2007-12-21 Thread Joshua Juran
On Dec 3, 2007, at 12:33 AM, Kyle Hamilton wrote: My understanding is that the terms of the OpenSSL license dictate what license you can use the files under, unless otherwise marked. It is a modified classic-BSD (with advertising clause) license. Clearly, if I release a program linked with Op

Re: License for contributed Mac OS code?

2007-12-03 Thread Kyle Hamilton
My understanding is that the terms of the OpenSSL license dictate what license you can use the files under, unless otherwise marked. It is a modified classic-BSD (with advertising clause) license. -Kyle H On Dec 1, 2007 5:39 PM, Joshua Juran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm developing

License for contributed Mac OS code?

2007-12-01 Thread Joshua Juran
Hello, I'm developing a unix-like environment for traditional Mac OS, and I'd like to use Roy Wood's randomizer code (packaged in OpenSSL) to implement /dev/random. However, the code in question (Randomizer.cpp) contains no copyright notice or license, and my email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] b