On 10/14/06, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > William Stein said: > >> This was one very concrete thing I got out of the SAGE > >> foundation discussion on Sunday -- people want to keep the > >> copyright of the work they submit to SAGE, just like some > >> people do with the Linux kernel. > > Bill Page replied: > > Yes. Personally I think this is a poor choice. They do not seem > > to realize how difficult this might make it in the future to > > incorporate their work into software with different licensing > > conditions. :-( This sort of copyright policy is what prevents > > the Aldor program from being licensed as open source right now. > > Since you think it is a poor choice, I better respond. > My impression is that in fact the SAGE developers who want > to keep copyright do understand "how difficult this might make > it in the future to incorporate their work into software with > different licensing conditions." In fact, that difficulty > is precisely what they want. A major reason they are motivated > and willing to contribute their code to SAGE (under the GPL), is > that they know beyond a doubt that their work can never be > incorporated into a commercial product, (etc.), even if I > totally sold out and tried to do so. > > SAGE developers -- what do you all think?
The important thing for me is that all of SAGE is GPL'd. As for the copytright issue, I don't know if allowing some people to keep their copyright and others to give it away would be more complicated in the long run than forcing everyone to have copyright on what they contribute. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
