Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:11:48 +1100 Ben Finney wrote: [...] > The "may be non-free" aspect was the requirement of requiring the > creator of the derivative work to surrender their copyright to > OpenVision. If such a requirement were in place in the license terms, > I would regard it as non-free.

Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:23:08 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > *If* the clause really requires surrendering copyright in order to > create and distribute a derivative work, then it's non-free since it > requires a fee in exchange for the permission to create/distribute > derivative works. I for

Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-26 Thread Michael Below
Hi, Francesco Poli schrieb: > On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:23:08 +0100 Francesco Poli wrote: > > [...] >> *If* the clause really requires surrendering copyright in order to >> create and distribute a derivative work, then it's non-free since it >> requires a fee in exchange for the permission to create

Re: [Fwd: Re: [gNewSense-users] PFV call for help.]

2008-01-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 11:23:53AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > John Halton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 11:01:35PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > > > > > * line 81-83: "OpenVision also retains copyright to derivative > > > > > works of the Source Code, whether created by