Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

2024-01-31 Thread Shuji Sado
Hi, Alec-san, 2024-1-29 18:52 Alec Bloss : > 4. The Work is provided by the copyright holder(s) and contributor(s) > without any warranty, either express or implied. What rights does the "contributor" have in this clause? In general, License is a permission granted by the copyright holder to thir

Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

2024-01-30 Thread Bruce Perens via License-discuss
Hi Alec, You don't mention if you are a lawyer, or if you have used one. It is kindest to the developers to give them a license that is the product of a legal professional, because of the greater probability that it will perform as expected when a judge interprets it, rather than letting the deve

Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

2024-01-30 Thread Alec Bloss
This isn't the first release of the license, but it's the first release I plan to eventually submit for review, which is why I omitted mentioning the previous releases. See my reply earlier in this message for links to the prior versions. On Jan 29 2024, at 1:39 pm, McCoy Smith wrot

Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

2024-01-29 Thread McCoy Smith
A ha! I’m so used to everything being on review I just assumed…. From: Kevin P. Fleming Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 11:43 AM To: mc...@lexpan.law; license-discuss@lists.opensource.org; 'Alec Bloss' Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Developmen

Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

2024-01-29 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
On Mon, Jan 29, 2024, at 14:39, McCoy Smith wrote: > This one has various basic drafting problems, for example the conditions of > the license grant are strangely articulated (there's a condition on the > copyright grant, a separate condition on all the grants, and no equivalent > condition to t

Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

2024-01-29 Thread McCoy Smith
> -Original Message- > From: License-discuss On > Behalf Of Josh Berkus > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 11:13 AM > To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org; Alec Bloss > Subject: Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and > Development

Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

2024-01-29 Thread Josh Berkus
On 1/28/24 11:47, Alec Bloss wrote: The Software and Development License was created to fill what was perceived as a void in open-source licenses. The GPL licenses, while great, can and have caused unnecessary incompatibilities with other open- source licenses. On the other end, the BSD licenses,

Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

2024-01-29 Thread Nicholas Matthew Neft Weinstock via License-discuss
Can you provide a link to SADL v 1.0 or 2.0 for reference? -Nick From: License-discuss On Behalf Of Alec Bloss Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2024 11:47 AM To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org Subject: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

Re: [License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

2024-01-29 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
On Sun, Jan 28, 2024, at 14:47, Alec Bloss wrote: > Hi all, > > I wanted to ask for comments/input on a license that I've been working on, > prior to considering sending it for an official review. It's aim is to be as > widely compatible with other open-source licenses without some of the > com

[License-discuss] Request for Comment: Software and Development License, version 3.0

2024-01-29 Thread Alec Bloss
Hi all, I wanted to ask for comments/input on a license that I've been working on, prior to considering sending it for an official review. It's aim is to be as widely compatible with other open-source licenses without some of the compatibility issues of the GPL licenses or extra requirements of