From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c872c1d538a5b255 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-18 04:45:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!teaser.fr!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: sk Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Copyright, Licensing etc. Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 06:44:34 -0600 Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: References: <3C92B6EA.20986F30@myob.com> Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1016455503 89516 137.194.161.2 (18 Mar 2002 12:45:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:45:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.19-4.3mdk i686) X-Accept-Language: en Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21403 Date: 2002-03-18T06:44:34-06:00 Hi, Hyman Rosen >sk wrote: >> 1) That I do not "offend" the original author > >This is nice, but strictly unnecessary under the GPL. Understood, but I still would prefer not to "offend" (not really the correct word, but cannot think of a better one). Both "Hyman Rosen " and "dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)" indicate that I probably do have a copyright interest. OK, but a large part of me says, this is not my work. >"dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)" >> 2) That I do not infringe upon the original copyright and >> licensing. >Well of course that is a legal issue, and I cannot offer >any legal advice here, especially since I have not seen >what you have done, but certainly a good step is to make >sure that you do have definitive knowledge of who holds >the copyright and what license they provide. Interesting point. I had of course overlooked the possibility that the original author might not have been in a position to copyright or license in the first place. Re-persuing the license again and FAQ's and looking for nuances etc. (every time I read an obviously carefully phrased legal document/contract, my brains start going to mush and I start wondering what the word "it" might mean under the circumstances :-) -- ------------------------------------- -- Merge vertically for real address ------------------------------------- s n p @ t . o k i e k c c m -------------------------------------