I don't think we need the legal advice up front. If we can come to an
agreement on what we want to achieve with the license, it is a lot easier to
get the legal counceling on how to get there.
/Linus
2007/11/7, Roy Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Hi Linus, Tom, and others,
>
> On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 13:26 -0500, Tom Morris wrote:
>
> > > ArgoUML could switch to the GPL v2 now, and announce that it will consider
> > > requests for a different license. This would allow any serious large
>
> > > companies to approach ArgoUML to do extensions.
>
> That suggestion was from Roy, not me. I was pointing out why it
>
>
> doesn't work from a practical point of view.
>
>
> Please forget about anything else I have said on the issue of ArgoUML
> licensing other than this:
>
> The ArgoUML project should take advantage of being a member of the
> Software Conservancy and
> seek professional legal advice on what its legal options are for modifying
> its software license.
>
> If someone is a qualified attorney in the field of intellectual property
> law on this mailing list, they
> should identify themselves. Perhaps they may choose to contribute their
> time along with the attorneys
> at the Software Freedom Law Center.
>
> After we have a professional opinion on what the legal options are for
> ArgoUML, then we
> can have a productive discussion about what license best meets the wishes
> of the ArgoUML
> community. In other words, a discussion that might lead to some
> meaningful action.
>
>
> cheers,
>
> roy �
