Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-08 Thread J. Preiss
> No, but filing a software patent will earn you the enmity of the Debian > developers. Not only developers... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-08 Thread Carl Brown
On Thursday 03 June 2004 8:03 pm, Alvin Oga wrote: > as soon as one loads mozilla .. you have a mix of gpl and mpl > > and one already have a mix of licenses .. even in debian ? [1] > see openwall patches vs glibc, procps If you _really_ want to see them all, or at least most of them: gre

Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-03 Thread Paul Johnson
Please do not CC me. Good rule of thumb: unless the Reply-To or Mail-Followup-To tells you to send elsewhere, don't CC it when you're replying. Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> There's not 40 GPLs, there's one. > > version 1 and version 2 ...

Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-03 Thread Alvin Oga
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Paul Johnson wrote: > There's not 40 GPLs, there's one. version 1 and version 2 ... can be counted as 1 or 2 ?? > And the vast majority of software > in Debian is licensed under it. Check the Debian Free Software > Guidelines for a general idea of what you can and can't do

Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-03 Thread Paul Johnson
Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hi ya adam > > On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Adam Aube wrote: > >> The only "strings" attached to the GPL involve distribution and derivative >> works, and are as follows (paraphrased): >> >> 1) If you distribute the software, you must make the source freely availabl

Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-03 Thread Chris Metzler
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:51:15 -0700 (PDT) Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > doesn't that depend on which "gpl" license ... ( there's over 40 "gpl" > license ... but only 2(?) gnu.org "gpl" license > > http://www.opensource.org/licenses Huh? This is the first time I've ever seen *anyo

Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-03 Thread John Hasler
Howard Levine wrote: > Should I develop a patentable extension to the Debian opus, is there any > claim against my profit? Adam Aube writes: > Not unless it is a derived work. Nor if it is. The licenses (not everything is GPL) on the components of Debian are about copyright, not patent. -- John

Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-03 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya adam On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Adam Aube wrote: > The only "strings" attached to the GPL involve distribution and derivative > works, and are as follows (paraphrased): > > 1) If you distribute the software, you must make the source freely available > 2) Derivative works must also be released un

Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-03 Thread Paul Johnson
Howard Levine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I understand the license to freely copy, alter, and distribute the > software.  Does anyone have claim against my USE of it, or my profit > with it at business other than programming per se? Yes, but only if you don't also release your source code. IAN

Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-03 Thread Adam Aube
Howard Levine wrote: > I understand the license to freely copy, alter, and distribute the > software. Does anyone have claim against my USE of it, or my profit with > it at business other than programming per se? There is nothing that prevents you from making money off of the use or sale of GPL

Re: GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-03 Thread John Hasler
Howard Levine writes: > I understand the license to freely copy, alter, and distribute the > software. Does anyone have claim against my USE of it, or my profit with > it at business other than programming per se? No one has any claim against your use of Debian or your profit by it, full stop. >

GNU or Open Source Licensing agreenemt.

2004-06-03 Thread Howard Levine
I understand the license to freely copy, alter, and distribute the software.  Does anyone have claim against my USE of it, or my profit with it at business other than programming per se?  Should I develop a patentable extension to the Debian opus, is there any claim against my profit?   Do you