Which is better, assignment of rights, or licensing rights? (Tentacles of Evil Test)

2018-10-17 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
I was reviewing the tests that Paul Tagliamonte pointed me to in the "RE: What are the tests? was: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Re: MongoDB Server Side Public License, Version 1 (SSPL v1)" thread, and it got me to thinking about the IP rights, and the Tentacles of Evil Test. All of the Free licenses I

Assign or license rights? was: RE: What are the tests? was: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Re: MongoDB Server Side Public License, Version 1 (SSPL v1)

2018-10-17 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
Thank you! I especially like the Tentacles of Evil test. :) Thanks, Cem Karan From: Paul R. Tagliamonte [paul...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 8:51 AM To: Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) Cc: Xavier; debian-legal Subject: Re: What are the

Re: Which is better, assignment of rights, or licensing rights? (Tentacles of Evil Test)

2018-10-17 Thread Florian Weimer
* Cem F. Karan: > In my personal view, I think that Debian should lean towards licenses, > and discourage assignments where possible; that ensures that if > someone is a bad actor, then there will still be a chance to fork the > code and continue open development as all the good actors will still

RE: [Non-DoD Source] Re: Which is better, assignment of rights, or licensing rights? (Tentacles of Evil Test)

2018-10-17 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
On Wednesday, October 17, 2018 3:23 PM, Florian Weimer wrote: >* Cem F. Karan: > >> In my personal view, I think that Debian should lean towards licenses, >> and discourage assignments where possible; that ensures that if >> someone is a bad actor, then there will still be a chance to fork the >>

Re: [Non-DoD Source] Re: Which is better, assignment of rights, or licensing rights? (Tentacles of Evil Test)

2018-10-17 Thread Florian Weimer
* Cem F. Karan: > When I use the term "assignment", I mean that the original > copyright/IP owner gives the ownership of the IP to some other > entity. The problem is that the new owner can choose new licensing > terms as they fit, as the IP is now their property. Choosing > licensing means

What are the tests? was: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Re: MongoDB Server Side Public License, Version 1 (SSPL v1)

2018-10-17 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
On Tuesday, October 16, 2018 5:47 PM, Xavier wrote: >Le 16/10/2018 à 22:44, Florian Weimer a écrit : >> * Xavier: >> From: Eliot Horowitz Date: Tue Oct 16 13:03:02 UTC 2018 Subject: [License-review] Approval: Server Side Public License, Version 1 (SSPL v1) ... “If

Re: What are the tests? was: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Re: MongoDB Server Side Public License, Version 1 (SSPL v1)

2018-10-17 Thread Paul R. Tagliamonte
https://people.debian.org/~bap/dfsg-faq.html Beware these are proxy cases for dfsg criteria and not criteria themselves. Paul On Wed, Oct 17, 2018, 8:48 AM Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) < cem.f.karan@mail.mil> wrote: > On Tuesday, October 16, 2018 5:47 PM, Xavier wrote: > >Le