Re: Endorsements (was Re: GPL compatibility of DFCL)

2002-06-17 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit John Galt [EMAIL PROTECTED] True enough, but what if they were legally binding electronic signatures? Let someone try to attach a signature where it wasn't supposed to be and watch them go to jail PDQ No, the point about electronic signatures is that the only one who *can*

Re: Endorsements (was Re: GPL compatibility of DFCL)

2002-06-16 Thread John Galt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Branden Robinson wrote: On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 05:51:23PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: Wouldn't the endorsements issue be best resolved by licensing the endorsements separately from the rest of the document? Names are not

Endorsements (was Re: GPL compatibility of DFCL)

2002-06-15 Thread Chris Lawrence
Wouldn't the endorsements issue be best resolved by licensing the endorsements separately from the rest of the document? i.e. the core content could be under the DFCL (unambiguously free GPL compatible) while endorsements, odes to pets, etc. would be under a separate license of the original

Re: Endorsements (was Re: GPL compatibility of DFCL)

2002-06-15 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 05:51:23PM -0500, Chris Lawrence wrote: Wouldn't the endorsements issue be best resolved by licensing the endorsements separately from the rest of the document? Names are not subject to copyright protection, and not everyone has the money or inclination to trademark his