Re: [sage-devel] Re: is this kind of license Sage-compatible?

2010-08-02 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 08/ 1/10 04:07 PM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: I have written to FSF. So far, only an automated reply, giving the case number: "Your request has been assigned an ID of [gnu.org #599076]." We'll see... Best, Dima Personally I feel whatever may be the legality of the word "should" in this license,

[sage-devel] Re: is this kind of license Sage-compatible?

2010-08-01 Thread Dima Pasechnik
I have written to FSF. So far, only an automated reply, giving the case number: "Your request has been assigned an ID of [gnu.org #599076]." We'll see... Best, Dima On Jul 31, 1:54 am, Alex Ghitza wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:43:03 -0700, William Stein wrote: > > On Friday, July 30, 2010, Dr

Re: [sage-devel] Re: is this kind of license Sage-compatible?

2010-07-30 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 07/30/10 04:06 PM, Dima Pasechnik wrote: On Jul 29, 5:16 pm, William Stein wrote: On Thursday, July 29, 2010, Dima Pasechnik wrote: I guess it boils down to whether "should" means "must" here, or not. Are there any means to decide, any precedents? (I can also contact authors and ask whe

[sage-devel] Re: is this kind of license Sage-compatible?

2010-07-30 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Jul 29, 5:16 pm, William Stein wrote: > On Thursday, July 29, 2010, Dima Pasechnik wrote: > > I guess it boils down to whether "should" means "must" here, or not. > > Are there any means to decide, any precedents? > > > (I can also contact authors and ask whether they might soften the > > lang

[sage-devel] Re: is this kind of license Sage-compatible?

2010-07-29 Thread Dima Pasechnik
I guess it boils down to whether "should" means "must" here, or not. Are there any means to decide, any precedents? (I can also contact authors and ask whether they might soften the language...) Thanks, Dima On Jul 28, 9:43 pm, William Stein wrote: > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM, David Joy