Re: [License-discuss] License Question

2017-02-15 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting kjones (kjo...@columbus.k12.nc.us): > I own a piece of hardware that has an embedded system that appears to > be based in whole on a variant of linux. > > The firmware became corrupted, and so I naively went to the company > asking if I could have a copy of the firmware that shipped with

Re: [License-discuss] OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Richard Fontana
License compatibility is mostly an FSF-made and GPL-specific doctrine. I can't see how it would make any sense for the OSI to provide guidance on license compatibility beyond acknowledging (as the OSI occasionally has done) the FSF's authority on the topic. On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:46:39PM

Re: [License-discuss] OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Simon Phipps (webm...@opensource.org): > There are certainly list members who are keen for us all to believe > that without too much question. Fortunately, a comfortable amount of difference does exist between discussing of law in abstract terms -- even in great detail as to its

Re: [License-discuss] OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Simon Phipps
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 9:17 PM, David Woolley wrote: > On 15/02/17 16:58, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) wrote: > >> Does OSI have a license compatibility chart for the various approved >> licenses? >> > > I would have thought that any such document would

Re: [License-discuss] OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread David Woolley
On 15/02/17 16:58, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) wrote: Does OSI have a license compatibility chart for the various approved licenses? I would have thought that any such document would constitute legal advice, which is illegal for half the list members to provide, and the other

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Christopher Sean Morrison > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 2:17 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: OSI equivalent > >

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
Got it. Thank you! The URL will be helpful in this case then. Thanks, Cem Karan > -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Kevin Fleming > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 2:05 PM > To: license-discuss@opensource.org >

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
> I was afraid of that... and so is our Legal department :(. We want to issue > good general guidance to everyone in our workforce, but at the moment that > appears to be 'go talk with Legal'. > > As for the image by Dr. Wheeler, it doesn't seem to have come through; can > you try resending

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On 02/15/2017 11:05 AM, Kevin Fleming wrote: I see the image in his email, so it was indeed sent out by the list server. It must have been eaten by something on your end, unfortunately. It might be best to send a URL to where it can be found instead. http://imgur.com/a/Zr5Q3 JD -- Unless

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Kevin Fleming
I see the image in his email, so it was indeed sent out by the list server. It must have been eaten by something on your end, unfortunately. It might be best to send a URL to where it can be found instead. On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) <

Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@opensource.org] On > Behalf Of Christopher Sean Morrison > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 1:06 PM > To: License Discussion Mailing List > Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Re:

Re: [License-discuss] OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Christopher Sean Morrison
> On Feb 15, 2017, at 11:58 AM, Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US) > wrote: > > Does OSI have a license compatibility chart for the various approved > licenses? > Something similar to https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html ? Our > researchers are

[License-discuss] OSI equivalent

2017-02-15 Thread Karan, Cem F CIV USARMY RDECOM ARL (US)
Does OSI have a license compatibility chart for the various approved licenses? Something similar to https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html ? Our researchers are pulling in code from all kinds of sources, and we want to keep them out of legal hot water, and a compatibility chart would