Re: Model Code for the OSD

2003-01-20 Thread Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
- From: David Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Rod Dixon' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:08 PM Subject: Re: Model Code for the OSD : On Saturday 18 January 2003 09:39 am, Lawrence E. Rosen

RE: Model Code for the OSD

2003-01-20 Thread Don Jarrell
IMHO, I think we all know well-documented source code when we see it. Excuse me, but is the OSD being written for the esteemed and talented frequent posters to this list or as a guideline for a wider audience ? Cheers. dj -- license-discuss archive is at

Re: Model Code for the OSD

2003-01-19 Thread John Cowan
David Johnson scripsit: My opinion is that deliberately obfuscated source code should be decoupled from documentation. The quality and state of documentation is very subjective, and should not be a part of the OSD. IMHO that was meant to exclude people from publishing their source code

RE: Model Code for the OSD

2003-01-19 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
My opinion is that deliberately obfuscated source code should be decoupled from documentation. The quality and state of documentation is very subjective, and should not be a part of the OSD. IMHO that was meant to exclude people from publishing their source code after it had been

Re: Model Code for the OSD

2003-01-19 Thread Bjorn Reese
David Johnson wrote: My opinion is that deliberately obfuscated source code should be decoupled from documentation. The quality and state of documentation is very subjective, and should not be a part of the OSD. I have to agree with David. The documentation quality of the source code is

Re: Model Code for the OSD

2003-01-18 Thread Rod Dixon, J.D., LL.M.
by the end of the month unless others post views to the contrary. Rod - Original Message - From: David Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rod Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:55 PM Subject: Re: Model Code for the OSD : On Friday 17 January 2003

RE: Model Code for the OSD

2003-01-18 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:41 AM To: David Johnson; Rod Dixon Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Model Code for the OSD David has proposed that Article 2 of the OSD not be read to require documented source code. To implement this change on our draft, I can delete from

Re: Model Code for the OSD

2003-01-18 Thread David Johnson
On Saturday 18 January 2003 09:39 am, Lawrence E. Rosen wrote: I would prefer requiring all available documentation describing how to modify the original work. That means that a developer cannot hide documentation that IS available simply to make others' work more difficult. /Larry I'm not

Re: Model Code for the OSD

2003-01-17 Thread David Johnson
On Friday 17 January 2003 09:57 am, Rod Dixon wrote: Larry List members: at your convenience, please download the current draft of the OSD's proposed model code. I have one nit. 4: Source code that is exceptionally difficult to read either because it is not documented or is cryptically