Re: [License-discuss] End of CAL discussion? Paging Arthur Brock.

2019-07-23 Thread Bruce Perens via License-discuss
Van, Sorry! I did not mean to show disrespect for your technical competence. Simply that the cryptographic network in consideration, and its related policies, are complicated enough that hearing from the designer would be best. Thanks Bruce On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 5:48 PM VanL wrote:

Re: [License-discuss] End of CAL discussion? Paging Arthur Brock.

2019-07-23 Thread VanL
Various individuals at my client, including Arthur, are reviewing a second draft of the CAL before it is widely shared. When they ate done with their review, the new draft will be posted here. As for Arthur, it is his prerogative to join or not join any discussion he would like. He is definitely a

[License-discuss] End of CAL discussion? Paging Arthur Brock.

2019-07-23 Thread Bruce Perens via License-discuss
Are we finished discussing the Cryptographic Autonomy License? I am disappointed that Arthur Brock did not step up to explain his license and left all of the representation to Van. Van is not really an expert in the technical needs that motivated Arthur to ask him to work on that license, and in m

Re: [License-discuss] Essential step defense and first sale

2019-07-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Copyleft is a royalty-free licensing scheme with the intended effect to make the licensee's distributees become third-party beneficiaries enjoying lack of restrictions and access to source code. Pretending that the doctrine of first sale / exhaustion somehow does not affect copies made under the co

Re: [License-discuss] Conditions and Covenants

2019-07-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
"So what?" Here's what it means regarding the jurisdiction, to begin with: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/texas/txwdce/1:2014cv00012/668973/28/ "Copyright law imposes no open source obligations, and Ameriprise has not sued Versata for infringing XimpleWare's copyright by d

[License-discuss] Conditions and Covenants

2019-07-23 Thread Alexander Terekhov
I've got a question off-band regarding conditions vs. covenants. Here's really good explanation apart from conditions concurrent***: "Conditions in no way create obligations. They simply outline various limitations. If a certain condition does not occur, this doesn't necessarily entitle a party to