Re: Revisions to NASA Open Source Agreement (NOSA)

2004-03-15 Thread Robert Padilla
I'll try to get both a text and MS Word copy of the revised version onto the web site today so that it will be available. Will send a confirmation along with the link. Thanks, Rob Padilla At 12:48 AM -0500 3/13/04, Russell Nelson wrote: Bryan Geurts writes: Attached is a revised version of

RE: [les-software] disclosure of known defects

2004-03-15 Thread Alex Rousskov
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004, Russell McOrmond wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Alex Rousskov wrote: (2) undertaking software development in a collaborative fashion so that contributors are encouraged to find, document and fix defects; Contributors to closed source software also collaborate and

Re: Source Distribution License

2004-03-15 Thread Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
Alexander's point is not exactly correct, but I think the main point was on target; namely, in addressing questions concerning the copyrightability for software, the object code is not likely to be treated differently than the source code. In some cases, the distinction between object code and

5000 Euro Belohnung / 5000 Euro Reward

2004-03-15 Thread Bernhard Fastenrath
5000 Euro Belohnung / 5000 Euro Reward -- Ich biete eine Belohnung von 5000 Euro wenn mir jemand verraet wie ein Streetgame (International Money Game) die Leute um den Spieler herrum beeinflusst. Ich stecke in genau diesem Unfug drin und

Re: Source Distribution License

2004-03-15 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M. wrote: [...] Having said that, Alexander's mistake appears to be ... My mistake was the omission of reference (and context) to the source of my comment. http://www.digital-law-online.com/lpdi1.0/treatise26.html (VI.B. Source Code and Object Code) quote Even though

Re: A must read for license law

2004-03-15 Thread Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
I agree with John, but, if there is a connection, it is not readily apparent. Would you explain your point further? There may be a conceptually interesting question regarding whether a particular public license is a restriction on liberty or a grant of permission to do a thing that otherwise

Re: A must read for license law

2004-03-15 Thread daniel wallace
The FSF analogy of public license and the GPL is really what I was referring to. The analogy of the GPL as a General Public License is extremely confusing to a large number of people. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.html The essence of copyright law, like other systems of property

Re: A must read for license law

2004-03-15 Thread John Cowan
daniel wallace scripsit: The FSF analogy of public license and the GPL is really what I was referring to. I believe that the term public license in the GPL and other licenses refers to the fact that everyone -- every member of the public -- is a licensee. The first paragraph quoted from

Re: A must read for license law

2004-03-15 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting daniel wallace ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): This confusion gives rise to the myth that a copyright license is not a contract. Even a bare license is a unilateral contract and any dispute in a court of law will be examined first under state common law of contract prior to evaluating federal