The LyX license

2009-01-03 Thread Kornel Benko
Hi, in case I have forgotten, which is very likely, since I did not contribute anything important ... I hereby grant permission to license my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public License, version 2 or later. Kornel -- Kornel Benko kornel.be...@berlin.de signature.asc De

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-21 Thread Angus Leeming
Andre Poenitz wrote: > Anyway. Angus, you may add my name to that list of yours (not the one of > people owing you lots of beer, but that other one with poeple granting > permission to licence their contributions to LyX under the Gnu General > Public Licence, version 2 or later). Great! Done so.

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-21 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 05:17:53PM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: >> Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> | It looks like I can't really resist here, however I am not happy at all >> | about this "or later" thing. I am interested to keep m

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 05:17:53PM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | It looks like I can't really resist here, however I am not happy at all > | about this "or later" thing. I am interested to keep my code (well, at > | least the part related to Ly

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-21 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | It looks like I can't really resist here, however I am not happy at all | about this "or later" thing. I am interested to keep my code (well, at | least the part related to LyX) free and open in the spirit of the | current GPL. Regardless of what happes

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-20 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 08:47:28PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > But so far IT has seen quite a couple of guys jumping from good to bad > to in-between and the other way round (IBM, SCO, MS, ...) and there is > no guarantee that the FSF won't sell there ideals or will be forced to > do so to Foo

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-20 Thread Angus Leeming
reasonable assumptions to make any progress at all. > > I doubt that I am the only paranoid person in this audience, so why is > _everybody_ so eager to have this 'or later' thingy explicitly signed? > > Andre' > > PS: > >> Even less excitingly, beca

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-20 Thread Andre Poenitz
l there ideals or will be forced to do so to FooBar666 Inc at some point of time which immediately will release GPL666. I doubt that I am the only paranoid person in this audience, so why is _everybody_ so eager to have this 'or later' thingy explicitly signed? Andre' PS: &g

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-19 Thread Angus Leeming
Martin Vermeer wrote: > Does it matter? If the text of a permission given contains "...or > later", doesn't that imply the same author as the implied "earlier" > licence? > > ...and then there is a copyright issue (on the licence text)... Yes, that was my point. Can "FooBar Inc" release "GPL v666

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-19 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Sat, Mar 19, 2005 at 06:47:25PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > Martin Vermeer wrote: ... > > the releasing. Yes, FooBar Inc could release their own rip-off of LyX > > under GPL v666, but it wouldn't remain the mainstream version for long. > > Incidentally, does the FSF not own the Gnu and GPL

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-19 Thread Angus Leeming
Martin Vermeer wrote: > On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 08:49, Andre Poenitz wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 11:34:28AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: >> > flags them as different but I really don't care too much. I'm much >> > more interested in getting Poenitz on board ;-) >> >> And I am still interested

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-19 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 08:49, Andre Poenitz wrote: > On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 11:34:28AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > > flags them as different but I really don't care too much. I'm much more > > interested in getting Poenitz on board ;-) > > And I am still interested why I should sign not just GP

Re: The LyX License

2005-03-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 11:34:28AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > flags them as different but I really don't care too much. I'm much more > interested in getting Poenitz on board ;-) And I am still interested why I should sign not just GPL v2 (which is just fine) but also any following version inc

Re: The LyX License --- the end

2005-03-07 Thread Angus Leeming
chr () home ! se wrote: >> Ronald Florence Were you trying to tell me something about this address too? >> Mate Wierdl > Have you tried this address? > mw () csi ! hu Nope. Thanks. I'll try it. > You'll probably need to get through some spam checking software.. IIRC, > that meant replying to

Re: The LyX License --- the end

2005-03-07 Thread chr
On Mon, 7 Mar 2005, Angus Leeming wrote: > Ronald Florence > Mate Wierdl Have you tried this address? [EMAIL PROTECTED] You'll probably need to get through some spam checking software.. IIRC, that meant replying to a separate e-mail that was automatically generated. /Chri

Re: The LyX License --- the end

2005-03-07 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> I'm much more interested in getting Poenitz on board ;-) Indeed. And you could probably get Kornelia Pietsch at the same time... JMarc

Re: The LyX License --- the end

2005-03-07 Thread Angus Leeming
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Angus> The following authors are present in both lists but their email > Angus> has changed. (blanket-permission.txt email first): > > Angus> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes > Angus> > Angus> > > Don't you have a slight problem with your scripts? There are a

Re: The LyX License --- the end

2005-03-07 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> The following authors are present in both lists but their email Angus> has changed. (blanket-permission.txt email first): Angus> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes Angus> Angus> Don't you have a slight problem with your script

The LyX License --- the end

2005-03-07 Thread Angus Leeming
I think that I've just about bottomed out in my attempt to get people to sign blanket-permission.txt. Below is the output of a script I've been usiing to compare the contents of CREDITS and blanket-permission.txt. It would be nice if we could get André to sign... I also attach the file listing the

Re: The LyX license

2005-02-22 Thread Michael Schmitt
My contributions to the code base are small but anyway: I hereby grant permission to licence my contributions to LyX under the Gnu General Public Licence, version 2 or later Michael Schmitt, Bonn, Germany