Timothy Miller wrote: >On 3/3/06, Patrick McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >>Enforcement of the license is the other side of the coin. When someone >>does misuse some of the code (it will happen) you have to go after them >>with a big hammer. I'm generally not a fan of throwing lawyers at >>problems, but in this case, if you can reasonable prove it, it is >>something you have to do. >> >> > >The only lawyers I know aren't into IP litigation. The fact that we >could never afford to sue over this, and I'm not counting on the EFF >or the FSF running to our rescue. > > > If push comes to shove, I imagine that finding a lawyer would not be an issue. I imagine there are enough people involved in this project with contacts and favors to call it that it could be done. If we ever got to the point of having to sue, with a solid case, I would expect you could find someone to take it on a contingency basis. The publicity alone would be worth it to some lawyers I know.
>>I would certainly argue for releasing the PCI core under the GPL. >> >> > >As opposed to the LGPL? Or something else? > > > I'm not apposed to any "open-source" license that allows for separate license terms beyond the open version and that protects the open version from abuse. I haven't gone and read all the various open source license recently, but the GPL does fit that bill. Patrick M _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
