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2004-03-13 Thread colman_22_koroma
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE From: Colmann Koroma Tel: 0034 696 009 140 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ATTN Dear Sir, I am Colman Koroma from Sierra Leone. I am the son of late Dantata Koroma the former chairman / board of

Source Distribution License

2004-03-13 Thread Bernhard Fastenrath
I propose a source-only distribution license that restricts commercial use of binaries. I know it's on the border of the open source idea but if it catches on we might see software written for commercial use as open source software. The restrictions it creates only affects commercial users and

Re: Source Distribution License

2004-03-13 Thread Mahesh T. Pai
Bernhard Fastenrath said on Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 12:08:23PM -0500,: html head titleSDL, Source Distribution License 1.0/title /head Posting in html are not a good idea. h3Distribution of Executable Versions/h3 Redistribution in any other form than human readable source code in

Re: Source Distribution License

2004-03-13 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Mahesh T. Pai wrote: [...] General consensus is that binaries are modified/derived versions of sources. AFAIK, The U.S. copyright office doesn't agree (the copyright office regards the source code and object code as equivalent for purposes of registration). regards, alexander. --

A must read for license law

2004-03-13 Thread daniel wallace
The following link is the best work on license law that I have ever found: http://www.lawyerdude.8k.com/5943.html Disaster lurks for those who do not comprehend the difference between a *malefaction* and a *benefaction* in copyright license law. -- license-discuss archive is at

RE: [les-software] disclosure of known defects

2004-03-13 Thread clay graham
Well I commonly just lurk, but this is a good one. I want to use as an example, an application API to JavaMail that I planning to make OpenSource. I am a pretty good developer, not the best though, but I have learned a thing or two about how JavaMail works, and how it may be made to be a little

Re: A must read for license law

2004-03-13 Thread John Cowan
daniel wallace scripsit: The following link is the best work on license law that I have ever found: http://www.lawyerdude.8k.com/5943.html Disaster lurks for those who do not comprehend the difference between a *malefaction* and a *benefaction* in copyright license law. I do not