Re: [License-discuss] [Non-DoD Source] Re: NOSA 2.0, Copyfraud and the US Government

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Re: [License-discuss] some FLOSS license + commercial: Your thoughts?

, but under the BSD license, they can't sublicense (unlike the MIT license) so they'd have to have someone make some change they could license on their own or they can come to an agreement with me for revenue. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License

Re: [License-discuss] we need a new license for earning money

itself. I would suggest changing it to say further that derivative works can be licensed under the same terms, or transfer pricing agreements are available from you. Hope this helps, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] we need a new license for earning money

have more complex needs. Best Wishes, Chris Travers -- Pirmin Braun - IntarS Unternehmenssoftware GmbH - Am Hofbräuhaus 1 - 96450 Coburg +49 2642 40526292 +49 174 9747584 - skype:pirminb www.intars.de p...@intars.de Geschäftsführer: Pirmin Braun, Ralf Engelhardt Registergericht: Amtsgericht

Re: [License-discuss] we need a new license for earning money

with the proprietary forks. This is one of the things we tried hard to replicate in LedgerSMB. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Is Web application including GPL libraries covered under GPL?

collection certainly would be. Again it's fact bound. Talk with a lawyer. Best Wishes,]Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Differences between GPL and LGPL

of that derivation. By my reading EvilCorp wins summary judgement (which they would not win with the GPL) or am I missing something? I can't think of any other case where it clearly makes a difference though. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Can copyrights be abandoned to the public domain?

of thing and if so what the effect would be. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Can copyrights be abandoned to the public domain?

was being hosted on a service using the Linux kernel, although he'd seem to have a right to ask them to display a powered by Linux logo or refuse to let them use such a logo. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] Can copyrights be abandoned to the public domain?

comments, is it still protected by copyright if it is not traceable to me? Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

to make it helpful to just run one's own direction. In general though the cost to the developer is that they bear the fll cost of integrating new features from the BSD version, and almost always this creates a heavy incentive to contribute back. Best Wishes, Chris Travers Permissive

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

which is statically linked only during install would not pose this problem though). But if Lexmark v. Static Control settled anything it's that you can't use copyright to control secondary markets for practical goods. Best Wishes, Chris Travers

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com wrote: Quoting Chris Travers (ch...@metatrontech.com): Nowhere in these do I see any indication that mere inclusion of one work in another creates derivation. You will not find a simple acid test there or anywhere else.  And yet

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

derivative. But I don't think it's as simple as just what's included. That gets you to it's protected by copyright but not to it's a derivative, rather than a compiled, work. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] proposal to revise and slightly reorganize the OSI licensing pages

about the intersection of copyright law and software regardless of how severe Nusphere's violations of social norms are. These are the cases I see getting litigated. I just don't see how any statistics there tell us anything useful about the licenses. Best Wishes, Chris Travers

Re: [License-discuss] Linking question

over these things. The calculus regarding settlements would be very different. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

is a nice line to draw there. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Bruce Perens br...@perens.com wrote: On 03/01/2012 08:02 PM, Chris Travers wrote: How do I know if this license applies? Just assume it does, because you don't really have to decide this question to be safe. I am not at all sure that line works once you get

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:40 PM, Bruce Perens br...@perens.com wrote: On 03/01/2012 08:32 PM, Chris Travers wrote: I am not at all sure that line works once you get into trying to bridge GPL'd and proprietary apps Read http://www.datamation.com/osrc/article.php/3801396/Bruce-Perens-Combining

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Bruce Perens br...@perens.com wrote: On 03/01/2012 09:09 PM, Chris Travers wrote: You seem to say do not link and thus repeat more or less what the FSF says (and what Rosen spends a good time arguing against in his book, and he is by no means alone--- at least

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Rick Moen r...@linuxmafia.com wrote: Quoting Chris Travers (ch...@metatrontech.com): Any layman who wants to understand why this doesn't work needs only to pick up any of Derrida's books at the corner used book store. Anyone who cannot distinguish

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

, complex, and unintelligible licenses whose main virtue is giving lawyers something to argue about what exactly they mean in court... Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http

Re: [License-discuss] [License-review] CC withdrawl of CC0 from OSI process

human communication is subject to areas of ambiguity and irreducible complexity. The more you try to specify, the more you will run into conflicts and omissions. And as much as folks like to pretend that legalese is a programming language, it's not. Best Wishes, Chris Travers

Re: [License-discuss] TCPDF license: LGPLv3 + a special clause: is this still considered Open Source?

/copyright notice seems entirely in line with the 7b attribution terms. I don't see why you have to see this as a new license. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin

Re: [License-discuss] GPL and proprietary WebAPIs

is free software and what isn't. Every open source license I know of allows some sort of bridging to proprietary technologies. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin

Re: [License-discuss] GPL and proprietary WebAPIs

with some interpretations of the GPL v3), staying within accepted norms will never give you trouble. Thus in general I think one is generally better off talking with upstream projects and trying to get them on board. Best Wishes, Chris Travers

Re: [License-discuss] GPL and proprietary WebAPIs

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:26 AM, John Cowan co...@mercury.ccil.org wrote: Chris Travers scripsit: Now, if linking implies derivation, then isn't the software (and by extension *all* Windows software) derivative of Windows?  If that's the case then doesn't every developer of Windows software

Re: [License-discuss] Greetings, Earthlings! Need quotes for article

troubling. Could someone at least argue that providing support for people porting their applications *from* the covered software would violate the intent and purpose of the license agreement (which is obviously to bring the framework to more people)? Best Wishes, Chris Travers

Re: [License-discuss] GPL and proprietary WebAPIs

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Clark C. Evans c...@clarkevans.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 20, 2011, at 03:30 PM, Chris Travers wrote: In general, good will from the projects at issue is a factor that should not be underestimated and being a good citizen means ideally making sure they are ok

Re: [License-discuss] Looking for a license agreement.

Mountweazel. Best Wishes, Chris Travers ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss