Re: ANTLR-PD

2020-06-23 Thread Brad Edmondson
be added as a new version of the ANTLR license rather than added as optional matching text to the original. What do others think? Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 8:36 AM Steve Winslow wrote: > Hi Till -- taking a closer l

Re: Validate license cross references: New fields to be added

2020-06-17 Thread Brad Edmondson
roduced by relying on DNS and http to perform what is ultimately a connection-based point-in-time check. Best, Brad Edmondson PS: Personally I am not in favor of SPDX tracking the validity of license-text links, but then again I am coming at this as a contributor on the SPDX-legal side of things, and

ABA Open-Source Committee: John Lyon (SSPL/Commons Clause) on Thurs. 5/9 @ 2pm ET

2019-05-02 Thread Brad Edmondson
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Verify new license text for libpng-2.0

2019-02-25 Thread Brad Edmondson
- Trying out the manual URLs thing I notice all the developers doing (presumably so the text itself is more readable). Is this the right way to do it? -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply

Re: Introducing myself

2018-11-01 Thread Brad Edmondson
Different Brad here (for those just joining the SPDX discussion). I'm also in favor of considering open source hardware licenses, and look forward to the discussion about guidelines. Bradley, I'm also curious as to what is missing, in your view. Thanks all, Brad Edmondson sent from my mobile

Re: New License Request: +CAL Software License

2018-07-12 Thread Brad Edmondson
is license request. Best, Brad Edmondson SPDX Legal Team Volunteer [1] https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/670 -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 1:10 PM Sally Mindrebo < sally.mindr...@corpaccountabilitylab.org> wrot

Re: New License/Exception Request: Exception - Font-Embedding

2018-05-31 Thread Brad Edmondson
f June. Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 10:49 PM, Brad Edmondson wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > Apologies for the multiple messages, but I meant to ask whether you > personally were the author of the exception text, or wh

Re: New License/Exception Request: Exception - Font-Embedding

2018-04-19 Thread Brad Edmondson
Hi Stefan, Thank you for this license request. It has been approved here <https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/616> and will be added to the next release of the SPDX License List. Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Tue, Feb 27, 2018

Re: New License Request: TU-Berlin

2018-04-19 Thread Brad Edmondson
Hi ARW, Thank you for these license requests. They have been approved here <https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/636> and will be added to the next release of the SPDX License List. Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Fri, Apr 6, 201

Re: Past and preview License List releases (was: 3.1 release)

2018-04-05 Thread Brad Edmondson
I'm in favor of solving this (making html available for old versions of the license list). I think it will help with adoption too, especially as we move back to a more frequent release cadence. Perhaps add to the errata issue? Or file a separate issue? -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782

Re: [spdx-tech] Proposal for a new project idea for GSoC - request quick response from legal and tech teams

2018-03-24 Thread Brad Edmondson
iki/Web_integrated_development_environment#See_also> to edit the repo.) What do people think of going in that direction? Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 3:52 PM, Krys Nuvadga <tetechri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Gary, > > It's a gen

Re: Some problems discovered with CC BY-SA license identifiers

2018-03-13 Thread Brad Edmondson
Thanks Bradley and David, These are good points, which I have rolled into a Github issue for us to address here: https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/618 Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:15 AM, Wheeler, David

Re: License list release 2.7 or 3.0? (was: update on license list release)

2017-12-29 Thread Brad Edmondson
to 3.0 (tech thought that the changes were likely enough and likely-big-enough that the spec would need to be 3.0). The tech team would have more people who can speak to the specifics, esp. Kate and Alexios (and Gary). Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com

Re: License list release 2.7 or 3.0? (was: update on license list release)

2017-12-29 Thread Brad Edmondson
We discussed on the Dec. 7 call and landed on 3.0 -- I think partly because the spec was leaning toward 3.0 as well and we wanted to track somewhat closely. https://wiki.spdx.org/view/Legal_Team/Minutes/2017-12-07 Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com

Artifex v. Hancom reportedly reaches confidential settlement (GPL "Ghostscript" case)

2017-12-08 Thread Brad Edmondson
forceable contract (not just a copyright license) to proceed past summary judgment. Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com ___ Spdx-legal mailing list Spdx-legal@lists.spdx.org https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-legal

Re: update on only/or later etc.

2017-11-17 Thread Brad Edmondson
leaves tools with NOASSERTION for "package:concluded license," then I think that's OK, no? Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Wheeler, David A <dwhee...@ida.org> wrote: > J Lovejoy: > > >

Re: update on only/or later etc.

2017-11-16 Thread Brad Edmondson
l-exception-1.2 - wolfcms-exception-2.0 - Zarafa-trademark-exception-3.0 Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 8:35 PM, Copenhaver, Karen <kcopenha...@choate.com> wrote: > There are so many things I admire about

Re: signifigance of nested parenthesis with only ORs? (was: OpenJ9 license)

2017-10-12 Thread Brad Edmondson
Thanks Bradley, I took Wayne's note to mean he thought it was more human-readable that way (with parens) for people working on his project, not that it would evaluate differently than a list of ORs with no parens. Best, Brad Edmondson -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond

Re: New license proposal: Verbatim

2017-09-08 Thread Brad Edmondson
think we need to add licenses or change the spec to represent any potential copyright in license text, as I rate the risk to be minimal and we have a big enough challenge as it is with our primary goals of identifying licenses and describing licensed files & packages. Best, Brad -- Brad

Re: License checking tool available

2017-08-04 Thread Brad Edmondson
Still, as a first effort I really like this. -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Michael Dolan <mdo...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 2:12 PM, <g...@sourceauditor.com> wrote: > >> Wh

Re: Test

2017-08-03 Thread Brad Edmondson
Test reply, sent only to list (individual not CC'd). Matija, if you confirm that you see this reply then you should be good. -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 2:04 PM, Matija Šuklje <mat...@suklje.name> wrote: > I apologise for

Re: New License/Exception Request: BTC License (BTC)

2017-07-12 Thread Brad Edmondson
(somewhat similar to git "blame," yes?) and a simple, low-txn-cost replacement for begware that sometimes accompanies licenses (really, almost frictionless). I wish you luck! Best, Brad Edmondson -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at

Re: New License/Exception Request: BTC License (BTC)

2017-07-11 Thread Brad Edmondson
or author fields of licenses already on the license list? It seems to me like you can just declare victory (compatibility) and run with it, yes? Best, Brad Edmondson -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 12:00 PM, Josh Habdas <jhab...@gmail.com>

Re: Feedback on SPDX and Legal Team overview for ABA subcommittee (by 3/1)

2017-02-28 Thread Brad Edmondson
ates are helpful going forward, please feel free to use them in the SPDX resources slides or your own decks in future. -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 12:14 AM, Brad Edmondson <brad.edmond...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I

Re: Feedback on SPDX and Legal Team overview for ABA subcommittee (by 3/1)

2017-02-24 Thread Brad Edmondson
Hi all, Thanks for your access requests so far. I should have noted that there is built-in commenting if you want to highlight a specific point or slide. Everyone who has requested access has commenting rights. Thanks, Brad sent from my mobile device -- Brad Edmondson, Esq. 512-673-8782

Feedback on SPDX and Legal Team overview for ABA subcommittee (by 3/1)

2017-02-23 Thread Brad Edmondson
lean copy for collecting feedback (though does require a Google account), so please feel free to comment away, or send your notes in email. All feedback is welcome and much appreciated, but please try to send it by Weds. 3/1 so I have time to work it into the deck for Thurs. 3/2. Thanks all, and b

Re: Net-SNMP license stack v. using license expressions

2016-12-22 Thread Brad Edmondson
is not a license but a license file, it may be that it's used in the wild as an actual license. Mark Baushke, is this a fair characterization of what you saw today? Thanks, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Gisi, Mark

Re: XML license review update & questions

2016-11-15 Thread Brad Edmondson
https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/pull/229 Thanks, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 9:59 PM, Brad Edmondson <brad.edmond...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Jilayne, > > It does help to get a reminder every on

Fwd: Github issue templates

2016-10-27 Thread Brad Edmondson
Forwarding per today's legal call. I also just found this article: https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-issue-template-for-your-repository/ Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com -- Forwarded message -- From: Brad Edmondson

Re: Joint Call: Tuesday, Oct 25th w/Tech Team

2016-10-21 Thread Brad Edmondson
Works for me; thanks Jilayne and Gary. Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 12:29 AM, J Lovejoy <opensou...@jilayne.com> wrote: > We will have a joint call with tech team, joining their regular call time > on *Tuesd

Re: First pass of License XML terms completed by Tech Team

2016-10-12 Thread Brad Edmondson
XML, e.g. here <https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/commit/78a582e9d08dc723be8e77a38e3d8c32afe5f39c> . Gary and the rest of the Tech Team, thanks for all your good work, and I look forward to keeping up the momentum on this project, both on the spec side and on the XML-import side. Best

Re: [PATCH] Fix typo where the name SUN was split across two lines.

2016-10-07 Thread Brad Edmondson
Thanks Mark, I think you have the right idea with that perspective. Also, please note that the GH files are NOT STABLE in structure or in substantive content at this point, so you're right to continue to look to spdx.org for authoritative files. Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782

Re: [PATCH] Fix typo where the name SUN was split across two lines.

2016-10-06 Thread Brad Edmondson
Issues here: typo in BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License.txt https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/324 typo in BSD-3-Clause-No-Nuclear-License-2014.txt https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML/issues/323 Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu

Re: [PATCH] Fix typo where the name SUN was split across two lines.

2016-10-06 Thread Brad Edmondson
-up GH later, or pull into GH and correct now. What do we all think about those options? Best, Brad PS - I'll open GH issues for these so we don't forget them. That should be helpful regardless of which update path we choose. -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com O

Re: meeting minutes and action plan

2016-09-16 Thread Brad Edmondson
in the licenses that have already been pushed? And if so, can that happen now while we're all still working on the master branch or should we wait until the rest of the licenses get reviewed and pushed? Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:01 PM

Re: Starting to work on tools for the new XML license

2016-05-16 Thread Brad Edmondson
? -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 10:13 AM, Kris.re <kris...@bbhmedia.com> wrote: > I do think we’ll want some sort of XML manifest; we need at least > somewhere to define the synonyms, among other bits. > > > > *From:

Re: Nested lists in SPDX XML files.

2016-05-09 Thread Brad Edmondson
for confirming the possibility of nesting entities. I have made a few edits assuming that nesting is legal, but I made that assumption silently -- props to Sam for specifically raising the question. Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:39

Re: Contact info

2016-05-06 Thread Brad Edmondson
Hi Kris, Did I do this <https://github.com/myndzi/license-list-XML/pull/1> correctly? I fixed a tag issue and created a PR for your repo rather than for the SPDX repo. Is that right? Thanks, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 12

Re: New License/Exception Request: BSD-3-Clause-NoNuclear

2016-03-31 Thread Brad Edmondson
hat a more accurate description is ready for the next release? Best, Brad -- Brad Edmondson, *Esq.* 512-673-8782 | brad.edmond...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Eric Weddington < eric_wedding...@trimble.com> wrote: > Where SPDX is at now, is that it says one thing, but does a