Re: Licensing and Copyright Issues

2007-09-12 Thread Nix
On 11 Sep 2007, Karl Kurbjun outgrape: > I would not want to blindly assign my copyright to any one organization > without regard to our rights. I would prefer to keep my freedom with the > code while I am functional mentally and alive. > > On Ray's arguments: I do not think that relicensing wou

Re: Licensing and Copyright Issues

2007-09-12 Thread Jonas Häggqvist
Dave Chapman wrote: > 1) We start to incorporate GPLv3 code like espeak into Rockbox. Our own > "any version" license allows us to do that, but then Rockbox as a whole > would be GPLv3. For the reasons Daniel gave in his very first response, I don't see this as being a viable option. The source f

Re: Licensing and Copyright Issues

2007-09-12 Thread Daniel Ankers
> Jens Arnold wrote: >> I would be happy to see any of my contributed code relicensed >> under GPLv3, exactly *because* of the clauses in it which should >> prevent both TiVoization and usage for DRM purposes. > > Tivo-isation has been used as a phrase here a few times, but I am unclear > as to wha

Re: Licensing and Copyright Issues

2007-09-12 Thread Bryan Childs
On 9/12/07, Mike Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tivo-isation has been used as a phrase here a few times, but I am unclear > as to what exactly this is. Can someone put it in simple terms for me to > understand please? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoisation

Re: Licensing and Copyright Issues

2007-09-12 Thread Mike Holden
Jens Arnold wrote: > I would be happy to see any of my contributed code relicensed > under GPLv3, exactly *because* of the clauses in it which should > prevent both TiVoization and usage for DRM purposes. Tivo-isation has been used as a phrase here a few times, but I am unclear as to what exactly

Re: Licensing and Copyright Issues

2007-09-12 Thread DervishD
Hi Ray :)) * Ray Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > DervishD wrote: > > * Ray Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dixit: > >> I would recommend that, upon making this move, we require that all > >> submitters henceforth explicitly license under "GPLv3 or later" > > > > What's wrong with "GPLv3

Re: Licensing and Copyright Issues

2007-09-12 Thread Daniel Weck
Hi all ! Recently the IRC channel has been rather full of discussion around the current licensing of Rockbox (GPLV2 is how most people interpret it, but it *is* a little unclear), and whether or not we should move to GPLV3 in order to include code from other such projects (espeak is the primary