Re: Github TOS effecting change to copylefts?

2017-03-07 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 07:46:29AM +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > > > The best analysis of this situation I have read so far is the one in > > Noodles' blog: > > > https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2017/03/github-tos-change.html > > IMHO that a

Re: Github TOS effecting change to copylefts?

2017-03-07 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Gunnar Wolf wrote: > The best analysis of this situation I have read so far is the one in > Noodles' blog: > https://www.earth.li/~noodles/blog/2017/03/github-tos-change.html IMHO that analysis misses one point. Namely, in section D.4 "License Grant to Us" the Githu

Re: Github TOS effecting change to copylefts?

2017-03-07 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Ben Finney dijo [Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 03:16:55AM +1100]: > "kmarsc...@ellemsoftware.com kmarsc...@ellemsoftware.com" > writes: > > > I see it as overhyped and exaggerated. > > What is “it”? Whose position are you characterising as overhype and > exaggeration? > > > I'm sure the FSF is simply tr

Re: Github TOS effecting change to copylefts?

2017-03-07 Thread Ben Finney
"kmarsc...@ellemsoftware.com kmarsc...@ellemsoftware.com" writes: > I see it as overhyped and exaggerated. What is “it”? Whose position are you characterising as overhype and exaggeration? > I'm sure the FSF is simply trying to bully github into promoting > copyleft in their TOS (rather than no

Re: Github TOS effecting change to copylefts?

2017-03-07 Thread kmarsc...@ellemsoftware.com kmarsc...@ellemsoftware.com
> The current TOS state clearly that one must own or have permission of > any content I see it as overhyped and exaggerated. Github has a bad history with their legal/PR teams. Remember when they adopted the 'feminism code of conduct'? Promoting 'reverse racism' allowed the harassment of anyone wh