Re: Zope license

1999-01-21 Thread Henning Makholm
On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 03:07:00PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > > See the GPL language on this - something like "you haven't signed this > > contract, but you have no other license to copy or use the software.". > > IMO you can grant rights while rest

Re: Zope license

1999-01-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 03:14:08PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > > I can think of one example of this -- the GPL itself: > > c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when >run, you must cause it, when started running for such interactive use >in the most ord

Re: Zope license

1999-01-21 Thread Brian Ristuccia
On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 03:07:00PM -0800, Bruce Perens wrote: > > 3) Is it actually possible for a license (as opposed to a signed contract) > > to restrict use? My understanding was that copyright law was all about > > copying. > > See the GPL language on this - something like "you haven't signe

Re: Zope license

1999-01-21 Thread Joey Hess
Jules Bean wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Joey Hess wrote: > > > Jules Bean wrote: > > > Also, we should remember that a web site *can be* an application which is > > > accessed by remote hosts, so there is no substantiative difference between > > > requiring the the site have a button at the botto

Re: Zope license

1999-01-21 Thread Bruce Perens
> 3) Is it actually possible for a license (as opposed to a signed contract) > to restrict use? My understanding was that copyright law was all about > copying. See the GPL language on this - something like "you haven't signed this contract, but you have no other license to copy or use the softwa

Zope license

1999-01-21 Thread Jules Bean
Hi. Bruce brought up on -private the issue of Zope's license. (http://www.zope.org) Zope's license was discussed before by us. However, the following (in my view) salient points are up for discussion. 1) We don't like the attribution clause. However, it is highly unclear that it violates the O

Re: Qt license okay?

1999-01-21 Thread Peter S Galbraith
I wrote the previous message!!! I gotta be careful about editing headers! > Gregor Hoffleit wrote: No he didn't! _I_ wrote that, but cut/pasted a `From' line along with the cc: line I wanted to paste into the header. Sorry! > > On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 10:59:54AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: >

Re: Qt license okay?

1999-01-21 Thread Gregor Hoffleit
Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 1999 at 10:59:54AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Peter S Galbraith writes: > > > That is surprising. Should I lobby Qt about changing the license > > > on the license? > > > > Why don't you just email them and ask permission? > > The point of keeping th