Re: JpGraph License Question [From the author]

2003-03-17 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > as a person who does not feel that the QPL > is DFSG-free, I should offer my clarfication of the above. For the record, and for the benefit of the JpGraph author, I should probably state that after having closely read Branden's objections to the QPL

Re: JpGraph License Question [From the author]

2003-03-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 11:04:21PM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > First, you need to decide whether you want to allow internal business > use under your gratis license option. If not, there's no reason to > talk more, because your licensing will never be DFSG-free then. > Otherwise, the next thing

Re: JpGraph License Question [From the author]

2003-03-16 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
JpGraph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * to guarantee that it stays free and that the library is not > re-packaged and then sold by some other companies. If by "free" you mean "available at no cost", then free software isn't for you. Free software is about *freedom*, not a near-zero price. One

Re: JpGraph License Question [From the author]

2003-03-16 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit JpGraph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > May I ask you for some advice? Sure. > The current setup with standard vs. pro-license is definitely not ideal > but so far is the only thing I have been able to come up with that > seems, to sort of, work. We have no problem with dual-licensing schemes

Re: JpGraph License Question [From the author]

2003-03-16 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
JpGraph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My goal with some kind of license setup for JpGraph is I'm not a lawyer and cannot give legal advice. The obvious thing to do is to license the library under the GPL to everyone and offer an alternative non-free licence to companies that want to use it as part of a

Re: JpGraph License Question [From the author]

2003-03-16 Thread JpGraph
Hi again, Yes you are probably right. The whole license thing is rather murky. May I ask you for some advice? My goal with some kind of license setup for JpGraph is * have a clear no-nonsense license * to make the library free for all open source users * to guarantee that it stays free and