Re: JasPer License Issues: Some Potentially Good News

2004-01-30 Thread Nathanael Nerode
>3. If User breaches any term of this license or commences an >infringement action against any copyright holder then the User's ^^^ Sloppy and overbroad. This should refer to any holder of copyright in *this Software*, at the very least

Re: JasPer License Issues: Some Potentially Good News

2004-01-30 Thread Michael Adams
Dear Ben and Others: Thank you for your constructive feedback regarding the draft version of the new JasPer license. Your responses have been most helpful. I have explained the problem associated with clause 3 (the litigation-terminates-license clause) to Image Power, and the company has indicat

Re: JasPer License Issues: Some Potentially Good News

2004-01-30 Thread Michael Adams
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, MJ Ray wrote: > There is no "X11 license" certified by OSI. What do you mean here? I am sorry, I meant the MIT License which is essentially the same license used by the X Consortium for X11 (http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html). --Michael

Re: JasPer License Issues: Some Potentially Good News

2004-01-29 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 04:21:13AM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > > This disclaimer is much better. > > I can't read it. May I suggest M-x downcase-region? Lawyers can't write disclaimers using lower case letters. It's a medical problem. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield :

Re: JasPer License Issues: Some Potentially Good News

2004-01-29 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit "Brian M. Carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 3. If User breaches any term of this license or commences an > > infringement action against any copyright holder then the User's > > license and all sublicenses that have been granted hereunder by User to > > other parties shall terminate. > I

Re: JasPer License Issues: Some Potentially Good News

2004-01-29 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-01-30 02:50:32 + Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: BTW, the new license was largely copied from the open-source-certified X11 license. There is no such thing as "open-source-certified" that I know of. There is no "X11 license" certified by OSI. What do you mean here? wdif

Re: JasPer License Issues: Some Potentially Good News

2004-01-29 Thread Ben Reser
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 06:50:32PM -0800, Michael Adams wrote: > I have some potentially good news. Image Power seems to be agreeable > to revising the JasPer software license to address the concerns raised > by you and other members of the open-source community. I have appended > the first preli

Re: JasPer License Issues: Some Potentially Good News

2004-01-29 Thread Brian M. Carlson
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 06:50:32PM -0800, Michael Adams wrote: > Hi Folks: > > [I have tried to include everyone that was involved in the discussions > on the JasPer software license on the distribution list for this > email. Quite a number of people were involved. I hope that I did not > miss a

Re: JasPer License Issues: Some Potentially Good News

2004-01-29 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 06:50:32PM -0800, Michael Adams wrote: > I have some potentially good news. Image Power seems to be agreeable > to revising the JasPer software license to address the concerns raised > by you and other members of the open-source community. I have appended > the first preli

JasPer License Issues: Some Potentially Good News

2004-01-29 Thread Michael Adams
Hi Folks: [I have tried to include everyone that was involved in the discussions on the JasPer software license on the distribution list for this email. Quite a number of people were involved. I hope that I did not miss anybody.] I have some potentially good news. Image Power seems to be agree