Re: [License-discuss] CDDL 1.1 and GPL 2 with CPE

2012-02-05 Thread Matthew Flaschen
On 02/01/2012 05:25 PM, Karl Fogel wrote: An hypothesis: If a license is already approved as open source, and the copyright holder adds an exception that merely indicates that under certain circumstances they will not enforce certain terms of the license, then the distribution terms are still

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

2012-08-14 Thread Matthew Flaschen
On 08/14/2012 11:43 PM, Chris Travers wrote: I don't see how copyright can be enforced when it is both explicitly disclaimed and the link with the author is severed. There would be no way to enforce it, nobody to go after for implicit warranties, etc. After all it would be like asking

Re: [License-discuss] [FAQ] Is some PHP program Open Source?

2013-01-25 Thread Matthew Flaschen
On 01/08/2013 10:43 PM, Engel Nyst wrote: On 1/7/13, Ben Reser b...@reser.org wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Karl Fogel kfo...@red-bean.com wrote: What I meant was a specific rewording. In other words, I'm inviting you to do the work you're inviting me to do :-). I'll do it, it's a

Re: [License-discuss] web forums for license-* [was Re: proposal for revising code of conduct]

2013-02-08 Thread Matthew Flaschen
On 01/05/2013 09:42 PM, Luis Villa wrote: I've personally never seen open source forum software that wasn't an abysmal nightmare from a usability perspective, whereas many people here have email clients that they have chosen and customized specifically to deal with their workflow. So I'm very

Re: [License-discuss] License compatibility - reg

2013-06-26 Thread Matthew Flaschen
On 06/26/2013 03:48 PM, Rick Moen wrote: For a given copyrighted property or set of properties, a court is going to be looking to determine the licensors' actions (what they have permitted and subject to what conditions), and be primarily guided in the case of a written licence by the licence