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Is license text copyrightable? [was: Re: Is OSL 2.0 compliant with DFSG?]

2004-04-11 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 09:44:18 -0400 Jeremy Hankins wrote: > This license is Copyright (C) 2003 Lawrence E. Rosen. All rights > reserved. Permission is hereby granted to copy and distribute this > license without modification. This license may not be modified > without the express written permiss

Re: Is license text copyrightable? [was: Re: Is OSL 2.0 compliant with DFSG?]

2004-04-11 Thread Andreas Barth
* Francesco Poli ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040411 09:55]: > This brings up the question (once again): is a legal text, such as a > copyright license, copyrightable? In which jurisdictions? In Germany, there is no exception for legal texts. There is however one that laws (more exact: material laws) are

Re: Is OSL 2.0 compliant with DFSG?

2004-04-11 Thread Anders Torger
On Saturday 10 April 2004 15.44, Jeremy Hankins wrote: > > For the question in the subject line: I still think that OSL 2.0 is > > not DFSG-free because it terminates copyright permission for any > > software patent action, including ones unrelated to the covered > > software. The Licensor is also

Re: Is OSL 2.0 compliant with DFSG?

2004-04-11 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 11:19:11 +0200 Anders Torger wrote: > > #5 places a distribution-like burden on certain types of use (e.g., > > use as part of a web server and you must distribute source). > > I thought this was no different than from the GPL, it is just more > clearly stated here in the OSL

Is license text copyrightable? [was: Re: Is OSL 2.0 compliant with DFSG?]

2004-04-11 Thread Fedor Zuev
On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, Francesco Poli wrote: >On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 09:44:18 -0400 Jeremy Hankins wrote: >> This license is Copyright (C) 2003 Lawrence E. Rosen. All rights >> reserved. Permission is hereby granted to copy and distribute this >> license without modification. This license may not b

Re: Is OSL 2.0 compliant with DFSG?

2004-04-11 Thread Glenn Maynard
On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 11:19:11AM +0200, Anders Torger wrote: > Many has said that because of this, GPL is not enforcable in most > software packages, since they do not have click-wrap installation > procedures. http://emoglen.law.columbia.edu/publications/lu-12.html http://emoglen.law.columbia

Re: Is OSL 2.0 compliant with DFSG?

2004-04-11 Thread Walter Landry
Anders Torger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 10 April 2004 15.44, Jeremy Hankins wrote: > > > For the question in the subject line: I still think that OSL 2.0 is > > > not DFSG-free because it terminates copyright permission for any > > > software patent action, including ones unrelated t

Re: License violation in "new" Plex86

2004-04-11 Thread Claus Färber
Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb/wrote: > For what it's worth, there have been a lot of vague mumblings about > authors of "joint works" being able to license the work without > requiring permission from other authors. However, I've yet to see > confirmation of this from a copyright lawye