Re: Copyrights and Secrets

2002-03-03 Thread Mahesh T Pai
Ken Brown wrote: 1) does a copyright of a software cover its underlying source code? yes 2) if the source code is published, is it protected from being copied if it is copyrighted? of course 3) if one views codes without permission and uses it, has that person violated

Re: Limiting the use of an OpenSource application

2002-03-03 Thread John Richter
On Sat, 2 Mar 2002, David Johnson wrote: On Saturday 02 March 2002 14:55, John Richter wrote: I ask this because this requirement puts companies with ethical practices rules in a strange position A company might have a rule saying that it won't do business with companies that use

Re: Limiting the use of an OpenSource application

2002-03-03 Thread David Johnson
On Sunday 03 March 2002 03:54 pm, John Richter wrote: To sell a product to a sweatshop is immoral. To deny someone else the ability to sell a product to a sweatshop is also immoral. You have the legal and moral right to refuse to license your software to anyone. But that is a much

Re: Copyrights and Secrets

2002-03-03 Thread John Cowan
Mahesh T Pai scripsit: You do not violate copyright by reading an unpublished book. But, if You break open into the author's table to access the unpublished book, the matter is diffierent. No. It is probably criminal, but reading a book (not out loud) can never violate the author's

Re: Limiting the use of an OpenSource application

2002-03-03 Thread John Cowan
David Johnson scripsit: The key phrase in your post is at the time. At the time you purchased the apartment you were fully aware of the restrictions, explicitely agreed to them, and (I can only assume ) that you actually signed a document to that effect. You are under contract. There is

Licensing an XML schema

2002-03-03 Thread Roberto Bonino
I am looking for the best way to license an XML schema under Open Source. If I understand correctly, by licensing under GPL, I would forbid the schema to be used by any software that is not licensed under GPL. Therefore a commercial program could not use it. If I want to develop the schema