Re: Licensing code

2009-05-08 Thread Chas. Owens
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:33, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> ""Chas" == "Chas Owens" writes: > > "Chas> Neither license prevents people from selling the software in question, > "Chas> but both require that source be available (or made available), so > "Chas> anyone charging an arm and a leg for

Re: Licensing code

2009-05-08 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> ""Chas" == "Chas Owens" writes: "Chas> Neither license prevents people from selling the software in question, "Chas> but both require that source be available (or made available), so "Chas> anyone charging an arm and a leg for it will rapidly find free "Chas> versions being made available (

RE: Licensing code

2009-05-08 Thread Bob McConnell
From: Steve Bertrand > Chas. Owens wrote: >> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 22:04, Steve Bertrand wrote: >> snip >>> I like the BSD license, and I am a BSD person, but I'm asking for >>> feedback from the creme-de-la-creme with regards to making code public, >>> so that I can put something in my code to e

Re: Licensing code

2009-05-08 Thread Chas. Owens
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 00:51, Steve Bertrand wrote: snip > I wish all of my code be free, ie: I don't care if a commercial entity > uses it for their benefit or not, I don't care if derivatives are used > in commercial products or not, all I really care about is that my > current code is protected

Re: Licensing code

2009-05-07 Thread Steve Bertrand
Chas. Owens wrote: > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 22:04, Steve Bertrand wrote: > snip >> I like the BSD license, and I am a BSD person, but I'm asking for >> feedback from the creme-de-la-creme with regards to making code public, >> so that I can put something in my code to ensure that someone else >> d

Re: Licensing code

2009-05-07 Thread Chas. Owens
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 22:04, Steve Bertrand wrote: snip > I like the BSD license, and I am a BSD person, but I'm asking for > feedback from the creme-de-la-creme with regards to making code public, > so that I can put something in my code to ensure that someone else > doesn't decide that they wan

Re: Licensing (warning: plug included)

2001-06-03 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Adam" == Adam Theo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Adam> on the matter of compiling perl: this is something i have also been Adam> wanting to look into, for the reason of speeding up my programs, As the FAQ entry says, Perl is already compiled by the time it hits runtime, so there's not much

Re: Licensing (warning: plug included)

2001-06-03 Thread Adam Theo
Hello, all, Adam Theo here; i didn't catch the first half of this thread, just the posts from the last digest. on the matter of compiling perl: this is something i have also been wanting to look into, for the reason of speeding up my programs, and being able to distribute my programs to people w

Re: Re: Licensing

2001-06-02 Thread Abdulaziz Ghuloum
On Sat, 2 Jun 2001 17:36:29 +0100, Nigel G Romeril said: > Licensing and restriction are tied together, If I write a Perl program and > license it to a client and he cannot easily copy or pass it on to a third > party then I can continue to profit from my work. If the source is available > he

Re: Licensing

2001-06-02 Thread Peter Scott
At 09:37 AM 6/2/01 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >Yes, I think these "perl2exe" vendors are really doing the community a >disservice. They're merely "installation bundlers", not true >compilers (except in the sense of "compile" as "bringing together"). >The runtime of the program is not improv

Re: Re: Licensing

2001-06-02 Thread Nigel G Romeril
make money then I should have a right to secure some of this. -Original Message- From: Abdulaziz Ghuloum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Robin Lavallee (LMC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 02 June 2001 17:12 Subject: Fw: Re: Licensing >Hello

Re: Licensing

2001-06-02 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Nigel" == Nigel G Romeril <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nigel> I do not have any direct experience of this, but I read in Nigel> magazine that these Perl to exe interpreters embed the perl Nigel> into the exe as plain text. The original code can be recovered Nigel> by opening the exe in an

Fw: Re: Licensing

2001-06-02 Thread Abdulaziz Ghuloum
Hello It seems like you got two issues mixed up slightly. One is the licensing issue and the other is the restriction issue. Let me elaborate: Licensing is an agreement between the program supplier and the user regarding the use of the program, redistribution restrictions, the freedom to modif

Re: Licensing

2001-06-02 Thread Abdulaziz Ghuloum
Hello It seems like you got two issues mixed up slightly. One is the licensing issue and the other is the restriction issue. Let me elaborate: Licensing is an agreement between the program supplier and the user regarding the use of the program, redistribution restrictions, the freedom to modif

Re: Licensing

2001-06-02 Thread Nigel G Romeril
. -Original Message- From: Robin Lavallee (LMC) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 01 June 2001 16:49 Subject: RE: Licensing > >> Hi people, >> >> Has anyone been able to conceive some kind of licencing scheme in

RE: Licensing

2001-06-01 Thread Robin Lavallee (LMC)
> Hi people, > > Has anyone been able to conceive some kind of licencing scheme in Perl ? > That is, I want to deploy a Perl program that the customer will only be > able to use for 30-60-90-30n days. This causes great problem to implement > in > Perl since the customer could simply comment-out

RE: Licensing

2001-06-01 Thread Hill, Ronald
[snipped and reformatted] Hi people, Has anyone been able to conceive some kind of licencing scheme in Perl ? That is, I want to deploy a Perl program that the customer will only be able to use for 30-60-90-30n days. This causes great problem to implement in Perl since the customer could simply

Re: Licensing

2001-06-01 Thread Brett W. McCoy
On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Robin Lavallee (LMC) wrote: > Has anyone been able to conceive some kind of licencing scheme in > Perl ? > That is, I want to deploy a Perl program that the customer will only be > able to > use for 30-60-90-30n days. This causes great problem to implement in Perl > sin