Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-07 Thread Ben Reser
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com wrote: Very sad. So, the barrio occupant in question might need to check out a book with the licence text. Life's imperfect. How exactly would you find said book? Are you not assuming that they have libraries and book store

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-07 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Ben Reser (b...@reser.org): On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com wrote: Very sad. So, the barrio occupant in question might need to check out a book with the licence text. Life's imperfect. How exactly would you find said book? Card catalogue? Help

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-07 Thread Ben Reser
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com wrote: Card catalogue? Help from a librarian? Depending on the license that may not be so easy. I doubt there is just a book of open source licenses. So you're likely going to have to find some other book that includes the

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-07 Thread Ben Tilly
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Ben Reser b...@reser.org wrote: On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com wrote: [...] For that matter is it not also a violation of the technology neutral clause of the open source definition? No. Read it. I did. If you only provide a

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-07 Thread Ben Reser
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Ben Tilly bti...@gmail.com wrote: The location of the license text is not a provision of the license. Some licenses, for instance the GPL, actually say that you have to distribute the license along with the work. Others leave the matter silent. Either way the

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-07 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Ben Reser (b...@reser.org): Depending on the license that may not be so easy. [...] Ben, I was not giving you a very serious reply (but rather a dismissive one), because frankly I don't think you are approaching this discussion with a serious attitude, attention to the subject, and/or a

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-07 Thread Bruce Perens
On 09/07/2012 11:24 AM, Rick Moen wrote: I don't think you are approaching this discussion with a serious attitude, attention to the subject, and/or a sense of perspective. Is this really a serious discussion? It sounds to me more like a contest of how many silly things some of us can get

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-07 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Bruce Perens (br...@perens.com): Is this really a serious discussion? I exited, Bruce. You talk to the gentleman if you wish. I left. ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org

Re: [License-discuss] plain text license versions?

2012-09-07 Thread Ben Reser
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com wrote: I exited, Bruce. You talk to the gentleman if you wish. I left. I'm done as well. Ben Tilly's response made sense to me. ___ License-discuss mailing list