Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Plaintiffs hereby dismiss this action against defendants
without prejudice and without costs to any party.
This just means no court costs. The settlement agreement included an
undisclosed financial settlement.
http://www.linux.com/feature/120629
rjack [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If the suit goes forward (which I seriously doubt) the District Court
will dismiss due to failure to state a federal claim. Contract claims
are heard under the common law of state jurisdictions.
If the suit is sure to fail, why is Monsoon so eager to settle?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I write some software on my own
That's really all we need to answer your question.
By releasing your software under GPLv3, you don't put a single
obligation on yourself, the copyright holder. You do not need a license
to do whatever you want.
If there are issues
Isaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 18 Aug 2005 15:17:12 -0400, Bruce Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The U.S. Copyright office agrees with me:
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.html#examples
Sound recording (long-playing record in which two of the
10 selections were previously
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yeah, I should have said that copyright doesn't establish exclusive
right to designed to fit. Ok now?
Just from your words: To fit is one definition of adapt. Adaptation
is one form of derivative work. Derivative work is an exclusive right
of
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Heck. Boy scouts. Hey boy, try thinking of real software derivatives
like human translations from one programming language to the other
with the same set of protected elements in both original work and
derivative work (which falls under
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Bruce Lewis wrote:
[...]
Furthermore, software that builds on but does not modify other software
could be described by any of the three verbs in or any other form in
which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted.
Copyright protects
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You must be reading something that isn't there. The independent
status of the new copyright with respect to preexisting copyright(s)
in the sense that it does not affect or enlarge the scope, duration,
ownership, or subsistence of, any copyright
Alexander Terekhov [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Drivative works of BSD'd code (derivative literary works [modulo the AFC
test] under copyright law) are subject to BSD.
That's really interesting. What legal jurisdiction are you in?
U.S. law is different. Here, derivative works have separate
