Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
Given that for works published after March 1, 1989 it is not even necessary to place a copyright notice to benefit from copyright law protection, I do not see why the long form is absolutely necessary. Moreover, the next version of the Apache Software License will specifically allow the short

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 07:54 04.12.2002 +0100, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Currently we should use the full version. There will be a short version of the next 2.0 license that will be equally protecting from a legal POV, but in the meantime use the full version. Why? What is wrong with a copyright notice followed by

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Wed, 04 Dec 2002, Ceki Gülc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What am I missing? Not sure whether you are missing anything at all. I don't understand the US copyright law that well (I could tell you a lot about the German law, but still IANAL). But from you quoting Roy: The problem with the

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Martin van den Bemt
On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 09:59, Ceki Gülcü wrote: At 07:54 04.12.2002 +0100, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Currently we should use the full version. There will be a short version of the next 2.0 license that will be equally protecting from a legal POV, but in the meantime use the full version.

Re: TestMaker and Jakarta

2002-12-04 Thread Peter Donald
I know some people that are big fans of TestMaker and would love to see it at Apache. The problem is that Testmaker does not fit our requirements for a community. In the end it doesn't matter about the quality of the code, the number of users, downloads etc unless you do have a viable

Re: [DRAFT1] Jakarta Newsletter - November 2002

2002-12-04 Thread Jeff Martin
Don't suppose you'd consider putting a link to XMLUnit http://xmlunit.sf.net/ in the Jelly section. It's always good to try a bit of shameless publicity seeking ;-) -- Jeff Martin Memetic Engineer http://www.custommonkey.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 11:06 04.12.2002 +0100, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: IANAL and not the one to decide. IIRC IIUC the board, || board members have said to use the full version till version 2.0 arrives. Well, as far as I know, there is no permission to use a reference to the license although there is no explicit

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Stefan Mainz
Ceki Gülcü wrote: I do not understand what Roy means by the scope of what was covered beyond 'this file' Copyright law only protects the expression of an idea, so I am baffled by what is meant by the scope beyond the file, that is the written expression of the software developer. How can

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Ceki Gülcü wrote: At 11:06 04.12.2002 +0100, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: IANAL and not the one to decide. IIRC IIUC the board, || board members have said to use the full version till version 2.0 arrives. Well, as far as I know, there is no permission to use a reference to the license although

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 12:13 04.12.2002 +0100, you wrote: Ceki Gülcü wrote: At 11:06 04.12.2002 +0100, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: IANAL and not the one to decide. IIRC IIUC the board, || board members have said to use the full version till version 2.0 arrives. Well, as far as I know, there is no permission to

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Ceki Gülcü wrote: At 12:13 04.12.2002 +0100, you wrote: Ceki Gülcü wrote: At 11:06 04.12.2002 +0100, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: [..] You are free to take my word for it, or if you deem it necessary, go ask directly and eventually report back. Michael A. Smith actually went to the board

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Martin Poeschl
Ceki Gülcü wrote: I was trying to convey that the word should has different meanings. It can be interpreted as a recommendation or alternatively as an obligation. For example, 1) One should brush one's teeth. Otherwise, you'll get bad teeth. However, not brushing your teeth does not make you a

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Steven Noels
Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Should or must? :-) Let your yes be yes, no be no Should means should. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt /Steven -- Steven Noelshttp://outerthought.org/ Outerthought - Open Source, Java XML Competence Support Center Read my weblog

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 07:31 04.12.2002 -0500, Sam Ruby wrote: Stefan Mainz wrote: Ceki Gülcü wrote: I do not understand what Roy means by the scope of what was covered beyond 'this file' Copyright law only protects the expression of an idea, so I am baffled by what is meant by the scope beyond the file, that is

Re: [DRAFT1] Jakarta Newsletter - November 2002

2002-12-04 Thread James Strachan
From: Jeff Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't suppose you'd consider putting a link to XMLUnit http://xmlunit.sf.net/ in the Jelly section. It's always good to try a bit of shameless publicity seeking ;-) Its pretty well hidden, but there is a link in the Jelly tag reference...

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Sam Ruby
Ceki Gülcü wrote: 2) Good faith but cautious interpretation In this case, someone is worried that the license applies to the license file itself but not to other files. Thus, he or she decides not use our software for fear of violating copyright law. Isn't this a bit farfetched? Couldn't we

velocity lovers...

2002-12-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
http://www.miceda-data.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/2002/12/04#Java/velocity -Andy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: velocity lovers...

2002-12-04 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr .
Dave's da man... On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 12:20 PM, Andrew C. Oliver wrote: http://www.miceda-data.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/2002/12/04#Java/velocity -Andy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Geir

Re: TestMaker and Jakarta

2002-12-04 Thread Frank Cohen
Thanks for pointing out the Incubator. It looks like a fine way to get started. I will follow-up with the Incubator process later this month when things quiet down for the holidays. Your viable community comment has me puzzled. Would you please explain your thoughts on the makings of a viable

Re: TestMaker and Jakarta

2002-12-04 Thread Frank Cohen
Your viable community comment has me puzzled. Would you please explain your thoughts on the makings of a viable Apache community? I'm very flexible and creative. Your comments might show me a better way of running this project. Essentially it comes down to having a larger more diverse

RE: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Tim Vernum
From: Ceki Gülcü [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] OK, I think I understand slightly better but our license refers to this software not to any specific file. IANAL, IAN-Roy, IAN-ASF, but... The license does not give any indication of what this software is. i.e. It doesn't define the scope of the

RE: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Tim Vernum wrote: Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:12:37 +1100 From: Tim Vernum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Jakarta General List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Jakarta General List' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Short Apache licence for source files From: Ceki Gülcü [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: velocity lovers...

2002-12-04 Thread Jon Scott Stevens
on 2002/12/4 9:20 AM, Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.miceda-data.com/cgi-bin/blosxom/2002/12/04#Java/velocity -Andy Wow. Java Server Faces really sucks ass. Much more than I could have ever imagined. No wonder I didn't bother looking at it before. What a confusing, over

Re: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Jon Scott Stevens
on 2002/12/4 11:30 AM, Martin Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All this fuss is about 34 lines of text? I don't get it. Why not just use the full license and forget about whether or not the short form is OK? -- Martin Cooper +1 -jon -- StudioZ.tv /\ Bar/Nightclub/Entertainment 314

RE: velocity lovers...

2002-12-04 Thread Chris Bailey
While I haven't looked at Faces yet, this seems to be a not uncommmon trend at Sun. Look at the logging API in Java 1.4. Why? log4j is better, pretty much a defacto standard, and freely available under a license that nobody can complain about. It is sad that they felt they had to put logging

Sun Is Losing Its Way

2002-12-04 Thread Jon Scott Stevens
Great guest editorial article (no web link yet it seems) in the November Java Developers Journal that I suggest you read. It briefly outlines how the JCP is screwing up the way that Sun manages Java. -jon -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail:

Re: Sun Is Losing Its Way

2002-12-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Thanks Jon. Here's the link. http://www.sys-con.com/java/article.cfm?id=1714 Its an okay article. Could be a bit more in-depth I suppose, but I imagine all the people who could write that are under gag order. And if you're really depressed... Here's a quick how to for doing C#/Mono by

Re: velocity lovers...

2002-12-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
While I agree with everyhting you're saing. I read that over twice and I'm like Why? I mean why? So lets say for a moment you're one of the new breed whom use that epitomy of object orientation better known as Java Server Pages. Well really, what does this Java Server Faces add over Struts?

Re: velocity lovers...

2002-12-04 Thread Jon Scott Stevens
on 2002/12/4 5:57 PM, Andrew C. Oliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Java Communist Party LOL! -jon -- StudioZ.tv /\ Bar/Nightclub/Entertainment 314 11th Street @ Folsom /\ San Francisco http://studioz.tv/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands,

Re: velocity lovers...

2002-12-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
The structure of the JCP is the same as the structure of your average communist party, at least as I undestand it. You have the party loyal whom run divied up industries (which can't be called industrialists), you have a strongman (Sun). Occasionally, this is a bid feudal with a rebelling

Re: velocity lovers...

2002-12-04 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Any time man. Any time. Scott Sanders wrote: The structure of the JCP is the same as the structure of your average communist party, at least as I undestand it. You have the party loyal whom run divied up industries (which can't be called industrialists), you have a strongman (Sun).

RE: Short Apache licence for source files

2002-12-04 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
Current drafts of the 2.0 license include a solution to this issue, plus a whole bunch of other niceties. Discussions of the new license are happening on a mailing list dedicated to that purpose. Where is that mailing list? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For

re[2]: velocity lovers...

2002-12-04 Thread Rich Persaud
Re: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=10390294901r=1w=2 | Where are we the working class who makes it work in this process? Pawns | in the game. | | -Andy It may be motivating to remember that blog (from the colonies) is a candidate for the empire's OED: