I would like to propose formation of a mutual-benefit cooperative, governed using the https://github.com/enspiral/loomio/wiki tool, with the 'membership' requirements being submitting code, documentation, and testing.
As for social contract, let's start with: http://www.debian.org/social_contract Why re-invent the wheel when there's a perfectly good, well tested social contract ready for us to use? On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 12:11:37AM -0800, gary sheppard wrote: > Perhaps a modification of the Apache 2.0? > > http://www.ifosslr.org/ifosslr/article/view/69 > -- 1a) This link is to a PDF that compares the CERN Hardware Lic and the > TAPR Hardware Lic and proposes an alternative for business concerns based > on the Apache 2.0 lic. > > As for the Open Graphics "entity", how about a non-profit foundation? > Write up a good solid "social contract", get the Lic in order, setup the > foundation and it's legal guidance's. > > Obviously keeping thing's transparent is the key to avoiding paranoia as > much as possible. > > Gary > > > On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 7:52 PM, Timothy Normand Miller > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Back under Traversal, we had a license that was attached to source files > > and put up on the Wiki that explained that Traversal had copyright in a > > dual-license manner, and that anyone had the right to strip off these > > licensing terms and make it pure GPL. > > > > Unfortunately, this didn't work out so well, because some individuals > > assumed that it was ONLY GPL and were bothered when they saw this stuff end > > up in a commercial product. This is despite the fact that the licensing > > terms were in every source file and on the wiki and stated this clearly. > > > > SO, as a formality, to avoid this problem, I think I need to apply a > > special license. There should be only one license, which is that I (as its > > benevolent guardian) have legal control over it, and that at any time, > > another individual wanting to fork the published code can CONVERT it to > > GPL. This is an explicit step of removing one license and applying another > > in accordance with the original licensing terms, rather than simply > > removing one of two concurrent licenses. > > > > This way, in the remote chance that the hardware has revenue potential, I > > can license it to some company or other under arbitrary (i.e. non-GPL) > > terms, and it's all above-board, because the version I'm licensing is NOT > > GPL and NEVER WAS. This also affords me the opportunity to work into the > > license any necessary disclaimers pertaining to avoiding potential conflict > > of interest with my work at Binghamton University, etc., etc. > > > > Now, just to be clear, just because I have LEGAL control doesn't mean I > > have complete MORAL control. Sure, I'm probably going to end up writing > > most of the code, but I have gotten design advice and other documentation > > from other contributors to this project, and there will be lots of other > > kinds of input, like from people synthesizing some GPU configuration for > > standard cell and reporting back timing and energy info. This is still > > morally public property, so it's not like I can just pocket the money. It > > has to be invested in open hardware and software projects, and it's also my > > job to ensure that this is done wisely. > > > > Let the endless discussion and paranoia begin. :) > > > > -- > > Timothy Normand Miller, PhD > > Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Binghamton University > > http://www.cs.binghamton.edu/~millerti/<http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~millerti> > > Open Graphics Project > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Open-graphics mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Troy Benjegerdes 'da hozer' [email protected] Somone asked my why I work on this free (http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/) software & hardware (http://q3u.be) stuff and not get a real job. Charles Shultz had the best answer: "Why do musicians compose symphonies and poets write poems? They do it because life wouldn't have any meaning for them if they didn't. That's why I draw cartoons. It's my life." -- Charles Shultz _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
