Re: Contractors and open source software

2018-09-04 Thread Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
On 2018-09-05 01:07, Mark Talluto via use-livecode wrote: I had to work through a contract recently. This particular section was interesting. Thought I would share it here. I changed the organization name to [company] to protect this well respected entity. I can understand their view on the use

Re: Contractors and open source software

2018-09-04 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Mark Talluto wrote: > I had to work through a contract recently. This particular section was > interesting. Thought I would share it here. I changed the organization > name to [company] to protect this well respected entity. > > I can understand their view on the use of open source software. What

Re: Contractors and open source software

2018-09-04 Thread Richard Gaskin via use-livecode
Bob Sneidar wrote: > The Community version license I think specifies that you cannot create > software for resale, you have to purchase a commercial license, so you > can't produce commercial software with Community without violating the > license. > > I will be corrected if this is not the case.

Re: Contractors and open source software

2018-09-04 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
On 09/04/2018 04:57 PM, Warren Samples via use-livecode wrote: It seems reasonable. They want to avoid any unanticipated legal hassles ($$$) with open-source license holders, and also avoid having to turn over anything that they would prefer to be their own private intellectual property. They'

Re: Contractors and open source software

2018-09-04 Thread Mark Talluto via use-livecode
I tried looking at is from a very wide perspective and considered that portions of the LiveCode engine are open-sourced, even if we are using the closed source version. Since I am not a fan of being involved in legal situations, I also considered that the software takes advantage of the internet

Re: Contractors and open source software

2018-09-04 Thread Warren Samples via use-livecode
On Tue, 4 Sep 2018 16:07:02 -0700 Mark Talluto via use-livecode wrote: > Public Software. Contractor will inform [company] in advance of incorporating > any open source software into deliverables or services provided to [company] > under this Agreement, provide [company] with an analysis of alt

Re: Contractors and open source software

2018-09-04 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
The big question I have is, do they mean the app you develop is open source, as in my Forms Generator project for example, or do they mean developed with open source software? As far as I know, the Indy and Business versions are not considered Open Source, and so what you develop with them, unle

Contractors and open source software

2018-09-04 Thread Mark Talluto via use-livecode
I had to work through a contract recently. This particular section was interesting. Thought I would share it here. I changed the organization name to [company] to protect this well respected entity. I can understand their view on the use of open source software. What are your thoughts? - - - P