Re: [License-discuss] Red Hat compilation copyright RHEL contract

2013-09-05 Thread Bradley M. Kuhn
John Cowan wrote at 14:56 (EDT) on Monday: I don't see where the oddity comes in. If we grant that the compilation which is RHEL required a creative spark in the selection (for the arrangement is mechanical), then it is a fit object of copyright. It's odd in that Red Hat is the only entity

Re: [License-discuss] Red Hat compilation copyright RHEL contract

2013-09-05 Thread Bradley M. Kuhn
Al Foxone wrote at 07:57 (EDT): Red Hat customers receive RHEL compilation as a whole in ready for use binary form but Red Hat claims that it can not be redistributed in that original form due to trademarks (without additional trademark license, says Red Hat) and under pay-per-use-unit

Re: [License-discuss] Please change prelude on The PostgreSQL License

2013-09-05 Thread Josh Berkus
Done -- thanks Josh. I used a slightly different wording, to give some examples of what that file is usually called, but basically it's the change you suggest above. Thanks! --Josh ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org

Re: [License-discuss] License incompatibility (was Re: Open source license chooser choosealicense.com) launched.

2013-09-05 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Bradley M. Kuhn (bk...@ebb.org): Rick, I've tried to reply at length below on the issue of license (in)compatibility. The below is probably the most I've ever written on the subject, but it's in some ways a summary of items that discussed regularly among various Free Software

Re: [License-discuss] Red Hat compilation copyright RHEL contract (was Re: License incompatibility)

2013-09-05 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Al Foxone (akvariu...@gmail.com): Red Hat customers receive RHEL compilation as a whole in ready for use binary form but Red Hat claims that it can not be redistributed in that original form due to trademarks (without additional trademark license, says Red Hat) and under