Re: Copyright issues for an application developed using django, python and mySQL

2008-07-04 Thread Nagu
Thank you for your explanations. On Jul 3, 6:27 pm, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nagu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I made a small recommendation engine for our company using python, > > django, and mySQL. My supervisor and the senior management are > > worried about the copyright and

Re: Copyright issues for an application developed using django, python and mySQL

2008-07-03 Thread Ben Finney
Nagu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I made a small recommendation engine for our company using python, > django, and mySQL. My supervisor and the senior management are > worried about the copyright and licensing issues. It's good that they're raising these concerns and making sure. > They want to

Re: Copyright issues for an application developed using django, python and mySQL

2008-07-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Jul 3, 8:33 pm, Nagu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > How do I go about addressing the copyright and licensing issues? (I do > not know if licensing is the right word here). > > Please advice. > > Thank you, > Nagu I suggest you take the advice of random idiots on a python mailing list. -- ht

Writing a Python manual for Poser 7. Advice required re copyright/license

2007-07-13 Thread PhilC
Hi Folks, I'm attempting to write a comprehensive manual explaining how to write Python scripts for the Poser 7 application. All the example scripts, explanatory paragraphs and screen shots will naturally be all my own work. My difficulty is in knowing how I may present the large amount of tabulat

Re: Copyright lawyer advises "be careful" using Python?

2006-09-26 Thread Duncan Booth
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is the PSF that much different from any other open source license? Only in not having a copyleft and therefore being potentially usable by companies wishing to develop closed software. Generally such companies wouldn't even consider using GPL'd software so they don't

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python Obfuscation]

2005-11-14 Thread garabik-news-2005-05
Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > >> Depends on the country's laws and the exact agreement. > > Work for hire is part of the Berne convention. > According to recent (2003) Slovak copyright law, ONLY the individual authors own the copyright, and they cann

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python Obfuscation]

2005-11-13 Thread David T
I realize that this thread skirts with being OT, but there are serious implications for Pythonistas and Open Source software types. I didn't mean to suggest that T.E. moved to California. I did, however, misspeak (mis-type?) when I said Edison formed a studio in California. His was in NJ, ac

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python Obfuscation]

2005-11-13 Thread Alex Martelli
David T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Tom Edison moved to California so _he_ could skirt copyright laws of I'm not aware of any move to California for either the better-known Thomas Alva Edison, or his lesser-known and less successful son of the same name. Could you clarify? The movie indu

Re: Copyright

2005-11-13 Thread Robert Kern
Mike Meyer wrote: > Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>Mike Meyer wrote: >> >>>Further, recent evidence is that this is no longer true in that >>>country, assuming it ever was. >> >>Oh, please. Take the political crap elsewhere. > > It's got as much right to be here as the copyrigh

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python Obfuscation]

2005-11-13 Thread Erik Max Francis
Steven D'Aprano wrote: > That is *not* generally true, although it is true in certain industries, > such as newspapers. It is true in many industries, including the software industry. My point was that the creator of a work and the copyright holder and not necessarily one and the same. Often,

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python Obfuscation]

2005-11-13 Thread Erik Max Francis
Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Depends on the country's laws and the exact agreement. Work for hire is part of the Berne convention. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis Life is painting a picture, n

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python Obfuscation]

2005-11-13 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:16:43 -0800, Erik Max Francis wrote: > David T wrote: > >> Individuals, and perhaps groups of individuals are the creators of >> works. > > When someone pays you to create a work, then they own the copyright, not > you. It's called work for hire. That is *not* general

Re: Copyright

2005-11-13 Thread Mike Meyer
Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Mike Meyer wrote: >> Further, recent evidence is that this is no longer true in that >> country, assuming it ever was. > Oh, please. Take the political crap elsewhere. It's got as much right to be here as the copyright crap. And I'm trying to keep it

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python Obfuscation]

2005-11-13 Thread Bruno Desthuilliers
Erik Max Francis a écrit : > David T wrote: > >> Individuals, and perhaps groups of individuals are the creators of >> works. > > > When someone pays you to create a work, then they own the copyright, Depends on the country's laws and the exact agreement. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/l

Re: Copyright

2005-11-13 Thread Mike Meyer
"The Eternal Squire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>Further, recent evidence is that this is no longer true in that >>country, assuming it ever was. > Wow, how Machiaviellian. Just an observation on the state of the US. It's been a long while since the people running the country did so for the peop

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python obfuscation]

2005-11-13 Thread Erik Max Francis
Mike Meyer wrote: > Further, recent evidence is that this is no longer true in that > country, assuming it ever was. Oh, please. Take the political crap elsewhere. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfranci

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python Obfuscation]

2005-11-13 Thread Erik Max Francis
David T wrote: > Individuals, and perhaps groups of individuals are the creators of > works. When someone pays you to create a work, then they own the copyright, not you. It's called work for hire. -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA &&

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python obfuscation]

2005-11-13 Thread The Eternal Squire
>As far as I know, only one country ever claimed to have that, so your >"we" only applies to citizens of that country, and not to everyone who >may be reading the letter - and the status of the person you quoted >but did not attribute is unclear. It applies to not only the US, which explicitly has

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python obfuscation]

2005-11-12 Thread Mike Meyer
"The Eternal Squire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>Copyright is a gift granted by the government, not the natural state of >>the world. When kings and emperors and presidents give commercial and >>economic gifts, like monopolies, they rarely are for the benefit of the >>majority. > Last I knew, we

Re: Copyright [was Re: Python obfuscation]

2005-11-12 Thread The Eternal Squire
>Perhaps there is no way to make a living from writing novels without >copyright. There is no way to make a living from playing solitaire either >-- should the government pass a law giving a legal monopoly on playing red >queen on a black king to my granny, so that everyone playing that move >has t