In addition to the inline:- What's the news r.e. website? When do you want me to start putting something together? Happy to take this discussion off-list if needs be.
Antony On 04/16/2010 07:37 PM, Bill Hart wrote: > On 16 April 2010 19:32, Antony Vennard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 04/16/2010 07:20 PM, Bill Hart wrote: >>> >>> No because one of the conditions is to retain the list of conditions >>> in redistributions, including the third clause. >> >> I thought it was too simple. 2-clause it is then. > > Well I was planning on saying it is preferred and leaving it up to > contributors. The imperative here is to get more regular contribution, > so whatever works really. Sounds good to me. Either or. I was just trying to see if there was a way it would work out easier! >>>> >>>> In my opinion, the only thing missing from the BSD license is copyleft - >>>> that said, I can live without it, really - I'd rather use the BSD >>>> license than the LGPL or even worse the GPL. >>> >>> The main thing missing is any form of patent protection. When using >>> these licenses, one must simply request that people make known any >>> patents which affect the project, and all code which might infringe >>> has to be removed. You also ask your contributors to not contribute >>> stuff over which they, or their companies are likely to hold a patent. >>> But in practice, this seems to work for people using these licenses. >>> They just agree to remove code if it becomes a problem. >>> >>> Of course there is nothing stopping someone from having a patent over >>> something that is implemented under the GPL either. But the GPL does >>> stop the contributor from contributing code over which they hold a >>> patent. And if they do, they can't charge a royalty for its use. >>> >>> Come to think of it, now I am confused. How is BSD licensed code >>> compatible with the GPL under these circumstances? If I merged BSD >>> licensed code into my GPL'd project, how do I know the original >>> contributor of the BSD code didn't take out a patent. >> >> I don't suppose you would, but the condition of merging into the GPL >> would be that you had to take the patent out or surrender your right to >> charge for it. I see what you mean though, you ought to be able to GPL >> BSD licensed code and it should just work(tm), which it wouldn't... > > But people do this all the time. Hmmm... I don't know. Is there a legal person we could consult? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en.
