Re: [License-discuss] CAL Termination for Non-Compliance and New York law

2019-07-29 Thread VanL
Hello Alexander, 1. You mistake recission for termination; they are different. 2. The license should be evaluated as a unilateral contract, which allows the construction in the CAL. Thanks, Van ___ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@lists.open

[License-discuss] Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0

2019-07-29 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hi everyone, it hasn’t popped up here or on l-r, but my girlfriend found https://blueoakcouncil.org/2019/03/06/model.html which links to https://blueoakcouncil.org/license/1.0.0 for a new licence. Posting here because it hasn’t been submitted for review yet, so we can discuss, if someone is inter

Re: [License-discuss] Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0

2019-07-29 Thread Bruce Perens via License-discuss
I believe this was created by lawyers well known to us who, in their attempt to use plain language, might shoot themselves in the foot. On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 10:37 AM Thorsten Glaser wrote: > • it looks like it has been written without a lawyer involved at > all, not even looking it over aft

Re: [License-discuss] Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0

2019-07-29 Thread Smith, McCoy
>>-Original Message- >>From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@lists.opensource.org] >>On Behalf Of Thorsten Glaser >>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2019 10:37 AM >>To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org >>Subject: [License-discuss] Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0 >>• it looks like i

Re: [License-discuss] Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0

2019-07-29 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Dixi quod… >• We also both found the reference to linking to that web page in > particular problematic (“At some point in the future, that page > may well disappear, or become something else, or have a "refined" > form of the license terms that is non-copyfree”), but as handing > out the compl

Re: [License-discuss] Blue Oak Model License 1.0.0

2019-07-29 Thread Richard Fontana
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 1:44 PM Smith, McCoy wrote: > > >>-Original Message- > >>From: License-discuss [mailto:license-discuss-boun...@lists.opensource.org] > >>On Behalf Of Thorsten Glaser > >>Sent: Monday, July 29, 2019 10:37 AM > >>To: license-discuss@lists.opensource.org > >>Subject:

[License-discuss] CAL Termination for Non-Compliance and New York law

2019-07-29 Thread Alexander Terekhov
The problematic wording is this: "This License terminates automatically if You fail to comply with any of the conditions in section 2." Two problems: 1. New York law does not allow automatic termination. "Even assuming Graham materially breached the licensing agreement and that James was entitl