On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 01:58:18PM -0700, [email protected] wrote: > It seems to me, thus far the replies to this request for information > point to the future, but ignore the past. "a fairly extensive body of > code" indicates to me this code has been a long time in development. > > Under what circumstances was it developed? That is, were the > developers working for someone who may be able to lay claim to the > rights to the code as the Regents of The University of California once > made against the Berkeley Standard Distribution? Can you get those > rights released? > > Likewise, can you get the previous developers to release their rights? > Remembering I am not a lawyer, I understand that anyone who has not > given the rights to their work to someone else retains a copyright on > the code. This has been a stumbling block for several projects. > > Does the code use libraries or other components that are protected by > some license that would restrict the distribution of the code > developed? > > And to whom is everyone releasing their rights? Will you be forming a > foundation or placing the code under the umbrella of a foundation such > as The Apache Software Foundation? Or, perhaps, adding to something > like the OER Commons? > > I'm sure there are plenty of people who could make good use of physics > simulation software. Best wishes in successfully releasing your work.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/27513/what-is-the-difference-between-debian-contrib-non-free-and-how-it-corresponds this is a forum post that mentions Debian main/contrib/non-free and Ubuntu universe/restricted/multiverse. The idea being that Debian or Ubuntu 'main' would be the best/desired case but if you have issues of non-free-ness in things like dependencies, then that makes things more complicated as to which distro will include it and in which section. > > >>>> On Jun 25, 2012, at 11:55 PM,<[email protected]> > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I been asked to help take a fairly extensive body of code and > >>>>> release it as an open source project. > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm wondering if someone can point me to some resources that > >>>>> might guide us along this process? > >>>>> > >>>>> My collaborators have a body of code used for physics simulation. > >>>>> It's all under Mercurial for internal management. They want to > >>>>> distribute it under an open source model, while maintaining control > >>>>> of the "official" version. > >>>>> > >>>>> Any pointers, guidelines, or advice would be appreciated. > >>>>> > >>>>> T. F. Pawlicki > >>>>> Dept. Computer Science > >>>>> University of Rochester > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux ==.| http://kevix.myopenid.com......| | : :' : The Universal OS....| mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/.| | `. `' http://www.debian.org/.| http://counter.li.org [#238656]| |___`-____Unless I ask to be CCd,.assume I am subscribed._________| I must Create a System, or be enslav'd by another Man's; I will not Reason and Compare; my business is to Create. -- William Blake, "Jerusalem" _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
