Re: [License-discuss] Questions Regarding Open Source Hardware Licenses

2020-03-06 Thread Michael Bretti
To Russel Nelson, Thank you very much for your suggestions and feedback. I have not heard of The Incredible Secret Money Machine, but I will definitely look into it. Also, I think your suggestion on extensive publication falls in line very well already with my current activities and goals. Right n

Re: [License-discuss] Questions Regarding Open Source Hardware Licenses

2020-03-06 Thread Michael Bretti
McCoy Smith, Thank you for your response and suggestion, I will certainly reach out to OSHWA and see if there is any additional information there. I will also probably try to reach out to some other well known open source hardware-based companies like Arduino and Prusa, and ask them ideas on their

Re: [License-discuss] Questions Regarding Open Source Hardware Licenses

2020-03-06 Thread Russell Nelson
On 3/4/20 2:30 PM, Michael Bretti wrote: 4. How can open source innovation be protected? Especially in my case were I am working on very high-tech systems in a highly competitive, and normally very secretive and non-transparent field, how can I make sure that I get credit, or protect myself fro

Re: [License-discuss] Questions Regarding Open Source Hardware Licenses

2020-03-06 Thread Russell Nelson
May I recommend Don Lancaster's The Incredible Secret Money Machine? On 3/4/20 2:30 PM, Michael Bretti wrote: As I progress into more high performance and potentially innovative systems however, I increasingly need to worry about protecting myself and my work from competition, being open-sour

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Dual Licensing for Justice

2020-03-06 Thread Russell McOrmond
On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 10:28 AM Jim Jagielski wrote: > Just say that, for example, we were having this discussion 10 years ago, > and that the elephant in the room, as persona-non-grata was Microsoft. And > say that there was s/w that was under such an ethical license that > prevented or severely

Re: [License-discuss] Questions Regarding Open Source Hardware Licenses

2020-03-06 Thread McCoy Smith
You probably want to direct your questions to the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) https://www.oshwa.org/ They have bulletin boards similar to this mailing list: https://community.oshwa.org/ From: License-discuss On Behalf Of Michael Bretti Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:30

[License-discuss] For approval: The Cryptographic Autonomy License (Beta 4)

2020-03-06 Thread Pamela Chestek
Moving to license-discuss since the license has been approved. Pam Pamela Chestek Chair, License Review Committee Open Source Initiative On 3/4/2020 11:00 AM, Ian Kelling wrote: > VanL writes: > >> Hello Ian, >> >> Thanks for chiming in. A couple responses: >> >> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 8:50 AM

[License-discuss] Thoughts on the subject of ethical licenses

2020-03-06 Thread Drew DeVault
I have some thoughts of my own regarding the ethical licensing movement. I hope we can promote a more civil discussion among peers, rather than between opponents. Firstly, I completely acknowledge the concerns of those who would put ethical clauses in their licenses. I believe that the values on d

[License-discuss] Questions Regarding Open Source Hardware Licenses

2020-03-06 Thread Michael Bretti
To The Open Source License Discussion Group, I was recently referred to this mailing group by a member of the Open Research Institute, who has been a fantastic help and resource regarding my questions and concerns about open source approaches in general. As some background, I am currently the only

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Dual Licensing for Justice

2020-03-06 Thread Russell Nelson
On 3/6/20 10:07 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Again, I personally like the idea of ethical open source, but I don't see how it fits into the OSD, nor should it. As an external branch, ala InnerSource, it makes better sense. I do NOT like the idea of ethical open source. It completely turns the id

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Dual Licensing for Justice

2020-03-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
> On Mar 6, 2020, at 3:52 AM, Florian Weimer wrote: > > * Eric Schultz: > >> Description: >> The idea for Dual Licensing for Justice comes from, you guessed it, dual >> licensing and my own experience with the [license for the Houdini Project]( >> https://github.com/houdiniproject/houdini/blo

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Dual Licensing for Justice

2020-03-06 Thread Florian Weimer
* Eric Schultz: > Description: > The idea for Dual Licensing for Justice comes from, you guessed it, dual > licensing and my own experience with the [license for the Houdini Project]( > https://github.com/houdiniproject/houdini/blob/master/LICENSE) which I help > lead. It's additionally inspired b