Perhaps it makes sense (say in a preamble) to mention that certain
sections (and obviously which sections) use wording copied from the
US copyright code, so that eveyone knows that the reasons the words
sound strange is that they are legal jargon with precise meanings
-Chris
--
Lawrence E. Rosen wrote:
The word prepare is taken from 17 U.S.C. ยง106, which reserves to the
author of a copyrighted work the exclusive right to prepare derivative
works based upon the copyrighted work. If the word is good enough for
the U.S. Copyright Act, its good enough for me.
How good
Henry Pijffers scripsit:
How good do you think it is for us Europeans and other non-US
residents?
International copyright law is pretty uniform. Since the license was
drawn up in the U.S., the chances are good that any Berne Convention court
(which means just about any court nowadays) will
I've been talking to Russ Nelson and Steve Mallett about setting up a
separate threaded list where we can collect good FAQs about these
licenses. Anyone with ideas for getting such a FAQ together should
speak up. There's many more people than me who could contribute to such
a FAQ. I'm reluctant
From: Henry Pijffers [mailto:henry.pijffers;saxnot.com]
How good do you think it is for us Europeans and other non-US
residents?
And on a sidenote, I don't like licenses that designate a specific
court of law. I ain't gonna go to the US of A to defend my rights.
Under the OSL, if you
From: Henry Pijffers [mailto:henry.pijffers;saxnot.com]
How good do you think it is for us Europeans and other non-US
residents?
One other suggestion about this Does anyone out there want to
translate the OSL and AFL into other languages? Perhaps some lawyer
with time on his hands and a
Lawrence E. Rosen wrote:
Under the OSL, if you are the Licensor you determine the jurisdiction.
It's your software after all. So if you write and license your software
in Europe to customers anywhere, you can defend your rights in Europe
under European contract law.
This suits me fine when I
From: Mike Nordell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bruce Dodson top-posted:
Derivative Works means derivative works based upon the Original Work,
as
upposed to derivative works based upon Marvel Comics characters, or
derivative works based upon previously-unreleased Elvis tracks.
Since the definition
I disagree. (I know, I do that a lot, but I mean well.)
It's best if licenses are simply either approved or not approved. There is
no list of licenses that have been rejected or withdrawn; that would be
punitive. By the same token, there should be no special status given to
licenses in limbo.
Hi all,
Just a reminder to look at the RPSL. I haven't seen any comments on it,
so I guess it must be perfect. :)
Rob
On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 19:47, Rob Lanphier wrote:
Hi everyone,
Here is a link to the RealNetworks Public Source License (RPSL):
Hi all,
Just a reminder to look at the RPSL. I haven't seen any comments on the
1.0 version, so I guess it must be perfect. :)
Rob
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Rob Lanphier, Helix Community Coordinator - RealNetworks
http://helixcommunity.org http://rtsp.org http://realnetworks.com
On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 19:47, Rob
Bruce Dodson wrote:
snip
The other two concerns -- about whether I'm on the hook for
other warranties besides the one that is offered explicitly
(Magnusson Moss).
You are repeating the notion, occasionally mentioned on license-discuss,
that if an open source license offers any warranties at
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