Re: NetBeans ITP [was Re: CDDL]

2006-12-04 Thread Anthony W. Youngman
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes Tom Marble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Indeed allow me to appeal to everyone to reconsider CDDL *as is* given the clarification that Simon has provided in this regard [1]. In essence, this is the same claim we have heard before:

Re: ttf-tuffy: The Tuffy Font Family

2006-12-04 Thread Terry Hancock
Fabian Greffrath wrote: > I have placed them in the Public Domain. PD is the most free 'license' possible. > This is all 100% my own work. Means he has the right to PD the work. > Usage is totally > unrestricted. If you want to make derivative works for any > purpose, please go

What does "most recent GPL" mean?

2006-12-04 Thread Francesco Poli
Hello, I found a strange permission notice in a program, referring to the GPL, and I'm not sure about its meaning. The program claims to be licensed as follows: | | License: | Most recent version of the GPL. | I've never seen anything like this. I saw "GPL v2 or later", "GPL v2 only", "GPL" (wh

Re: Strange GPL licensing: most recent

2006-12-04 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:14:44 -0800 Josh Triplett wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > > Should I ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to provide an authoritative answer > > about this situation? > > I think that in this case, the meaning of the statement depends on the > author more than the FSF. However,

Re: What does "most recent GPL" mean?

2006-12-04 Thread Ben Finney
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > I found a strange permission notice in a program, referring to the GPL, > and I'm not sure about its meaning. > > The program claims to be licensed as follows: > > | > | License: > | Most recent version of the GPL. > | > > I've never seen anyt

Re: What does "most recent GPL" mean?

2006-12-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 12/5/06, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: All of those need to be qualified by *whose* GPL; that's why the recommendation for licensing a work under the GPL is "[...] GNU General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation [...]". It could be interpreted as the Affero G