Re: [License-discuss] Discourse hosting

2019-03-21 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Michael Downey (mich...@downey.net): [about whether a CDCK contract is entailed for public use of a CDCK-hosted Discourse instance:] > No, they are not. Only subject to whatever terms of service the > application operator, e.g., OSI, wants to place. > > Just like no one is entering int

Re: [License-discuss] Discourse hosting

2019-03-21 Thread Michael Downey
Hi there, On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 12:59, Rick Moen wrote: > I appreciate your speaking, Kevin. I continue to be curious about > whether users would be expected to enter a contractual relationship with > Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc. (CDCK), in order to participate. No, they are not

Re: [License-discuss] Discourse hosting

2019-03-19 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Thorsten Glaser (t...@mirbsd.de): [GPLv2 Discourse codebase:] > I’ve not looked at it, but many “open core” are not Free Software: > they often reject patches that add features because they would > reduce the “added value” of the commercial version, and some even > strip comments or, wors

Re: [License-discuss] Discourse hosting

2019-03-19 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Rick Moen dixit: >misadventure, etc., is inapt. Discourse the codebase _is_ a >free-software tool. I’ve not looked at it, but many “open core” are not Free Software: they often reject patches that add features because they would reduce the “added value” of the commercial version, and some even s

Re: [License-discuss] Discourse hosting

2019-03-19 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Thorsten Glaser (t...@mirbsd.de): > Rick Moen dixit: > > >I appreciate your speaking, Kevin. I continue to be curious about > >whether users would be expected to enter a contractual relationship with > [ any third party ] > >in order to participate. > > +1 > > This is something that oc

Re: [License-discuss] Discourse hosting

2019-03-19 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Rick Moen dixit: >I appreciate your speaking, Kevin. I continue to be curious about >whether users would be expected to enter a contractual relationship with [ any third party ] >in order to participate. +1 This is something that occurs more and more, but a bad thing. See also: http://mako.cc/w

Re: [License-discuss] Discourse hosting

2019-03-19 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Kevin P. Fleming (kevin+...@km6g.us): > I have quite a bit of experience in this area and can state that none > of this would be necessary (and some are not even options). CDCK does > not request or hold rights to any content on the Discourse sites they > host. I have no doubt they would h

Re: [License-discuss] Discourse hosting

2019-03-19 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 6:29 AM Rick Moen wrote: > For clarification, are you talking about an arrangement where users > would be required to enter a contractual relationship with Civilized > Discourse Construction Kit, Inc. (CDCK aka 'discourse.org'), in order to > participate in a Discourse for