Re: ckermit: license advice

2004-01-26 Thread Ian Beckwith
On Sun, Jan 18, 2004 at 03:40:28PM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I know what they are gettting at, the wording is so big commercial > > unix vendors have to pay. Is there a way to say this while remaining > > DFSG-free? > > No. (If there was, it w

Re: ckermit: license advice

2004-01-18 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I know what they are gettting at, the wording is so big commercial > unix vendors have to pay. Is there a way to say this while remaining > DFSG-free? No. (If there was, it would be a bug in the wording of the DFSG, and such bugs are fixed informally an

Re: ckermit: license advice

2004-01-18 Thread Ian Beckwith
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 01:26:33AM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > (A) The C-Kermit software, in source and/or binary form, may be > > > included WITHOUT EXPLICIT LICENSE in distributions of OPERATING > > > SYSTEMS that have OSI (Open Sourc

Re: ckermit: license advice

2004-01-18 Thread Ian Beckwith
> The other model used sometimes is to dual license. Provide a free > version under the GPL and a sell a version that companies can take > proprietary. Whether this makes sense with kermit, of course, I have no > idea -- it depends mostly on how the large unix vendors in question are > using the

Re: ckermit: license advice

2004-01-17 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 07:15, Ian Beckwith wrote: > Are there any similar projects/companies out there with the same sort > of business model that release software with DFSG-compliant licenses? mysql.com signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: ckermit: license advice

2004-01-17 Thread Jeremy Hankins
Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The basic problem is that the kermit project depends on license > revenue (mostly, I think, from the large unix vendors) for funding. > They want to make kermit as free as possible without jeopardising that > revenue. > > Are there any similar projects/co

Re: ckermit: license advice

2004-01-17 Thread Ian Beckwith
On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 01:26:33AM +, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > (A) The C-Kermit software, in source and/or binary form, may be > > > included WITHOUT EXPLICIT LICENSE in distributions of OPERATING > > > SYSTEMS that have OSI (Open Sourc

Re: ckermit: license advice

2004-01-15 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Ian Beckwith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (A) The C-Kermit software, in source and/or binary form, may be > > included WITHOUT EXPLICIT LICENSE in distributions of OPERATING > > SYSTEMS that have OSI (Open Source Initiative, www.opensource.org) > > approved licenses, even if non-Op