Re: [License-discuss] Query on "delayed open source" licensing

2023-10-25 Thread JBC offsite
I think Roland Turner may be suggesting that MariaDB falls into that class? On 10/25/2023 at 9:27 PM, "JBC offsite" wrote:This is an interesting topic. Your data will be helpful. As you suggested, "we plan to open source later" is right up there with Wimpy's prom

Re: [License-discuss] Query on "delayed open source" licensing

2023-10-25 Thread JBC offsite
This is an interesting topic. Your data will be helpful. As you suggested, "we plan to open source later" is right up there with Wimpy's promise to repay Popeye "next Tuesday."However: I wonder if there are any cases of "I now irrevocably grant this work under Apache/GPL/BSD/whatever, effective 1

Re: [License-discuss] Reconsidering the "unless required by applicable law" clauses on warranties and limitations of liability (CRA)

2023-02-23 Thread JBC offsite
On the CRA, Mike was gracious enough to note in his first blog post that, while Eclipse and a few other big shops might be able to metabolize the overhead of all the conformity/safety-testing-and-certifying that a regulatory regime might impose ... most FOSS shops could not. But as he also notes,

Re: [License-discuss] Ethical open source licensing - Persona non Grata Preamble

2020-02-24 Thread JBC offsite
As someone who deals with some of these issues frequently in his day job, * The substantive discussions and explanations here are helpful to me.  Thank you for that. * The shorter the post, and the less ad hominem it is, the more likely it will be read or understood over here. Thanks  _