Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License

2004-01-25 Thread Richard Schilling
I've now moved this thread to the wine-license list. I probably should have posted there in the first place - an oversight on my part. Sorry. Anyway . . . > this license they can. > > Under GPL and BSD the developer has absoutely no control or means to keep > their work an open source becaus

Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License

2004-01-25 Thread Brian Vincent (C)
Title: Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License Please take the discussion over to wine-license @ winehq.com --- Brian Vincent Copper Mountain Telecom [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fwd: Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License [rschi@rsmba.biz]

2004-01-25 Thread Jakob Eriksson
Richard Schilling wrote: Several licenses on opensource.org permit code to be incorporated into a proprietary product and sold. This means, also that the person creating the deriverative or combined work can restrict others from selling their product. In this respect there is no difference from

Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License

2004-01-25 Thread Ivan Leo Murray-Smith
> The problem with [L]GPL and BSD is that if someone does not turn in their changes then the developer has no recourse to > enforce the requirment. Under this license they can. > Under GPL and BSD the developer has absoutely no control or means to keep their work an open source because they > can

Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License [rschi@rsmba.biz]

2004-01-25 Thread Richard Schilling
Sent this to winehq.com, so sending it to winehq.org in case it bounces. On 2004.01.24 17:24 Chuck Swiger wrote: > Richard Schilling wrote: > > I would like to present to you all a new Open Source software license I've written > > up. > [ ... ] > > One the face of it, Section III, "Distribution

Fwd: Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License [rschi@rsmba.biz]

2004-01-25 Thread Richard Schilling
On 2004.01.24 17:24 Chuck Swiger wrote: > Richard Schilling wrote: > > I would like to present to you all a new Open Source software license I've written > > up. > [ ... ] > > One the face of it, Section III, "Distribution Restrictions and Obligations." > of your license fails to comply with OS

Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License

2004-01-25 Thread Richard Schilling
On 2004.01.24 17:45 Cordula's Web wrote: > [This is OT for stable@ and wine-devel@, but let's contribute anyway...] > > > # Users have freely available access to source code, documentation just like the > > GPL. > > Access to source coce, documentation etc... is also possible under the > BSD lic

Trolling and helping a spammer (was Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License)

2004-01-25 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Hi guys, First, someone who sends the same email to at least four mailing lists (freebsd, wine-devel, postgresql-hackers and ossi) is a spammer in my book. Replying to his email, especially to lists that are not relevant (i.e. - any but ossi) is helping him along. To answer his (asked) questio

Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License

2004-01-24 Thread Tom
From: Cordula's Web (cpghost_at_cordula.ws) > # Any changes made by the user and others get contributed back into the base product This is the main difference between BSD and GPL, and you're using the GPL model here. This is exacly what would prevent commercial vendors from adopting this license

Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License

2004-01-24 Thread Chuck Swiger
Richard Schilling wrote: I would like to present to you all a new Open Source software license I've written up. [ ... ] One the face of it, Section III, "Distribution Restrictions and Obligations." of your license fails to comply with OSD #1 & 2: "1. Free Redistribution The license shall not re

Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License

2004-01-24 Thread Cordula's Web
[This is OT for stable@ and wine-devel@, but let's contribute anyway...] > # Users have freely available access to source code, documentation just like the GPL. Access to source coce, documentation etc... is also possible under the BSD license. Under the [L]GPL, it is mandatory. > # Users may us

Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License

2004-01-24 Thread Ivan Leo Murray-Smith
> Do we have any recource against him? We could blacklist his email address from our mailing lists. Ivan.

Re: New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License

2004-01-24 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Not only is he spamming, he is also advocating a non-open source license as if it is. Do we have any recource against him? Shachar Richard Schilling wrote: I would like to present to you all a new Open Source software license I've written up. It's called the Single Supplier Ope

New Open Source License: Single Supplier Open Source License

2004-01-24 Thread Richard Schilling
I would like to present to you all a new Open Source software license I've written up. It's called the Single Supplier Open Source License. I will be distributing software under this license as well as the traditional Open Source licenses found at opensource.org. You can see a copy of the lic