On Monday 09 April 2007 00:45, Rick Litton wrote: > OSS is such a legal fertile ground it will probably be years before these > sort of issues are resolved.
Indeed. If you want to keep abreast of the topic, I suggest mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think it is open to the public. > For example, if you copy a code sample out of > a book and include it in commercial software, do you lose copyright? Not sure who "you" you are referring to. More importantly, do the copier commit a crime? > I > don't know if the legal system will devote a ton of money to resolve such > issues. Perhaps they do, who knows. But I agree that a pragmatic approach > is sorely needed otherwise nothing will thrive. The above mailing list is good, since lawyers from ASF, IBM, Intel, BEA and others are present, and from time to time have deep discussions on interpretation of licenses and the consequences across licenses when combinations are made. > It gave me a hearty laugh upon reading your comment on companies and > the truck. Well, law is a lot about analogies. For us, we need absurd examples to see the light. > Unfortunately, > copyright issues are no longer a laughing matter judging by the recent high > profile cases. ;( Indeed. And probably more are to come, especially in the patent area, which is even more convoluted than licensing, and very different in different countries. Cheers Niclas _______________________________________________ general mailing list general@lists.ops4j.org http://lists.ops4j.org/mailman/listinfo/general
