W3C needs help to defeat a patent!

1999-05-04 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
See the www.w3.org, and check out it's problem with P3P technology. W3C is working to keep this important security technology in the public domain. They need everyone with the time to research the prior art for this technology in order to get the patent claim rejected. It is currently owned by

[ugs@laci.net: Interesting Licensing Issue -- Crafty]

1999-05-03 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
This was on debian-devel, I forwarded it here where it is more appropriately placed. I'm in finals mode; y'all know what that means. I'd like to help out and address some legal issues. Save 'em up for next week and I will address as many as I can. I have PGP going finally. I'll post my public

Re: What exactly is Derivative ?

1999-03-26 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com On 26 Mar 1999, Henning Makholm wrote: Paul Nathan Puri [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would make that argument, but that's just me. RMS made a big mistake by not defining all

Re: What exactly is Derivative ?

1999-03-25 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
I've been observing a lot of this discussion. I think that it is fair to say a lot of this discussion of header files, and linking run-time libraries, etc. is mostly academic. I think what this discussion centers around is the legal distinction between an original work of authorship and an

Re: What exactly is Derivative ?

1999-03-25 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Richard Braakman wrote: Paul Nathan Puri wrote: In copyright law, there are no defined distinctions. For the most part you must judge for yourself. The discussion about the GPL, LGPL, etc., is outside the scope of copyright law, and is governed by Contract law

Re: What exactly is Derivative ?

1999-03-25 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
copyright law and contract law are easily overlooked in the heat of discussion, if you are not used to them. Beside this, I would like a bit clarfification. To make it short, I will only focus on one point: On Thu, Mar 25, 1999 at 03:56:38AM -0800, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: Courts enforce

Re: What exactly is Derivative ?

1999-03-25 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Richard Braakman wrote: Paul Nathan Puri wrote: However, the author of the GPLed work or the author of the GPL have the right to change the meaning of 'derivative' to suit their own purposes. Where does the author get this right? If my work is not a derivative

Re: What exactly is Derivative ?

1999-03-25 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Raul Miller wrote: Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RMS is very actively pushing his intentions of the GPL. The GPL has a preambel, he is giving talks about this subject, answers questions privately and in public. It is hard to miss his opinions. He is

Re: Patents and revocation clauses

1999-03-19 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
That is the correct legal conclusion... so there ;) NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Jules Bean wrote: On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Bruce Sass wrote: On 16 Mar 1999, Henning Makholm wrote:

Re: [Richard Stallman rms@gnu.org] Re: Debian BSD concerns

1999-03-16 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
OK... I read it... Now I can follow along. Thanks for the info everyone! NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com On 16 Mar 1999, Henning Makholm wrote: Paul Nathan Puri [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is the DFSG

Re: What exactly is Derivative ?

1999-03-16 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Paul Nathan Puri wrote: A derivative work is any copyrightable work based on another work such that the derivative can be said

Re: [Richard Stallman rms@gnu.org] Re: Debian BSD concerns

1999-03-15 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
Re: This patented code Who owns this patent? What is the patent? The patent own can set the license terms as he/she wishes. Where you say 'free licenses cannot be revoked': What is your authority for that statement? The licensor can set the terms and conditions upon which revocation may be

Re: [Richard Stallman rms@gnu.org] Re: Debian BSD concerns

1999-03-15 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
What is the DFSG and where can I read it? Thanks... NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Brian Ristuccia wrote: On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 01:28:32PM -0800, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: [stuff

Re: License determination

1999-03-05 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
thanks... NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Randy Edwards wrote: Can some one send me a copy of this license? I posted this here once, but you must've missed it Paul. Here is

Re: UW gave permission for PINE

1999-03-04 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
I'm on it. Hey, dub dub dub dub Just kidding. UW usually takes a while to respond. They told me that distribution is ok if I append the letter L to the of the file (i.e. pine-396L_i386.deb. And some legal disclaimer. In the dir where pine will live in debian.org's site, probably a

Re: License determination

1999-03-04 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
I'd like to know more about this. I'm aware of ocs, and their bundle of web based office stuff. It's good stuff, what are the legal concerns here? I'd really like to see this bundle in debian... NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: License determination

1999-03-04 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
Can some one send me a copy of this license? NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com On 3 Mar 1999, John Hasler wrote: Brian Ristuccia writes: This sounds a lot like [GPL splash screen clause] Notice the 'if's in

Re: UW gave permission for PINE

1999-03-03 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
Are you against the existence of the non-free directory? NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Santiago Vila wrote: On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: UW gave me permission

I'm a law student, just joined

1999-02-26 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
I'm a law student and willing to help in any way I can. I just subscribed here. Talk to you soon! NatePuri Certified Law Student Debian GNU/Linux Monk McGeorge School of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ompages.com

Re: I'm a law student, just joined

1999-02-26 Thread Paul Nathan Puri
://ompages.com On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, J.H.M. Dassen wrote: On Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 19:58:47 -0800, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: I'm a law student and willing to help in any way I can. One of the most complex legal issues that free software development may be confronted with is software patents (see e.g. http