RE: [CNI-(C)] Re: Public Access to Science Act (Sabo Bill, H.R. 2613)

2003-09-02 Thread Lawrence E. Rosen
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Stevan Harnad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (4) PUBLIC ACCESS VS. PUBLIC DOMAIN: AUTHORSHIP, CREDIT, PLAGIARISM, > PRIORITY, TEXT-INTEGRITY. I don't fully understand the notion of > making one's writing "public domain" instead of retaining copyright, > but if that puts either

Re: [OT] RFC for DRM replacement

2003-09-02 Thread Giacomo A. Catenazzi
Mário Amado Alves wrote: Mark Rafn wrote: Fundamentally, if the client is open-source, it can be modified, and the modified version can LIE and say it's the original version. Anything which prevents this is not open-source. ?! Many (most?, all?) open source licenses require authorsh

RE: For Approval: The Wilhelm Svenselius Open Source License version 1.0

2003-09-02 Thread =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E1rio_Amado_Alves?=
John Cowan wrote: > Wilhelm Svenselius scripsit: > > > 6. Products derived from or containing any part of the > Software must > > be licensed as a whole at NO CHARGE to all third parties under the > > terms of this license. > > The trouble with this clause is that it makes it doubtful > wheth

Re: For Approval: The Wilhelm Svenselius Open Source License version 1.0

2003-09-02 Thread John Cowan
Wilhelm Svenselius scripsit: > 6. Products derived from or containing any part of the Software must be > licensed as a whole at NO CHARGE to all third parties under the terms of > this license. The trouble with this clause is that it makes it doubtful whether the software can be put on CD-ROMs t