Re: [License-discuss] OSI approved license without original license and reproduction of notices required in redistributions?

2012-07-05 Thread Casey Rodarmor
On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Chuck Swiger ch...@codefab.com wrote: Nope. The obligation to keep the copyright statement intact is typically required by law (see 17 USC section 506(c)(d) or your local equivalent), and the obligation to keep the license terms disclaimer intact is a standard

[License-discuss] GPL linking exceptions

2012-07-05 Thread Felix Krause
Hi everyone, does a linking exception to the GPL require approval, or may a software be called open source whenever it is licensed under the GPL, even when the publisher grants the user additional rights? There are some licenses around that add a linking exception to the GPL. The one I use is

Re: [License-discuss] GPL linking exceptions

2012-07-05 Thread Bruce Perens
On 07/05/2012 06:30 PM, Chris Travers wrote: Generally RMS seems to think this is not permissible, and most other people outside the FSF don't listen. It is not permissible to modify the GPL text directly. That restriction has teeth. However, I can't think of a legal mechanism that could be