From: "Robert C. Leif" <rleif@rleif.com>
To: "'comp.lang.ada mail to news gateway'" <comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org>
Subject: RE: Commercial license?
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 07:50:23 -0800
Date: 2003-03-11T07:50:23-08:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <mailman.3.1047397845.308.comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b4ki9l$stf$1@slb9.atl.mindspring.net>
I agree. However, it must first have more than one member.
Bob Leif
-----Original Message-----
From: Marin David Condic [mailto:mcondic.auntie.spam@acm.org]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 3:46 AM
To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org
Subject: Re: Commercial license?
Lots of contracts that are used every day - even in very large business
transactions - are not written by lawyers. I'd hazzard a guess that most
software licenses have not seen the inside of a law office either.
Basically, its a way of defining an understanding between two parties and it
doesn't always need a lawyer involved. Especially if the stakes aren't
terribly high - which I suspect is the case for most of the software that is
hanging around on the various web pages here.
However, I would agree that if anyone has any serious software efforts at
stake, getting a lawyer to review the license is a wise and prudent act.
Lawyers won't guarantee you won't have any problems, but they sure will
minimize those odds.
I think Dr. Leif's ADCL was proposed as a matter for consideration and one
that would presumably go through some itterations of refinement and
commentary. I would imagine that if an Ada Developer's Cooperative were to
be formed, it would need to consult an attorney concerning the provisions of
its license.
MDC
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John R. Strohm <strohm@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:8E197C72ED293700.9CFD1DCB25CB0B4C.812DA03615AB7642@lp.airnews.net...
> LOOK, PEOPLE.
>
> A license is a LEGAL DOCUMENT.
>
> It is written in a language that superficially resembles English, but in
> fact the resemblance stops there.
>
> A license MUST be drafted by a knowledgeable professional, with expertise
in
> the subject area. Doing anything else is foolhardy.
>
> The community here can provide input, state requirements and goals, and
> participate in the discussion, but the actual work must be done by a
> competent attorney.
>
> I'm a programmer, not a lawyer, and part of my education was learning that
I
> wasn't a lawyer and should consult one when it was appropriate.
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-08 17:41 Commercial license? Victor Porton
2003-03-08 20:20 ` Jeffrey Creem
2003-03-08 20:49 ` John R. Strohm
2003-03-09 19:08 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-10 6:00 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-10 12:12 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-10 19:48 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-10 20:03 ` (MAIL) " Victor Porton
2003-03-10 19:36 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-11 4:24 ` John R. Strohm
2003-03-11 11:45 ` Marin David Condic
2003-03-11 15:50 ` Robert C. Leif [this message]
2003-03-10 6:18 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-10 7:42 ` Victor Porton
2003-03-10 20:40 ` Robert C. Leif
2003-03-11 12:36 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-03-11 12:44 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-11 15:50 ` Robert C. Leif
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2003-03-11 15:26 David C. Hoos
2003-03-11 17:00 ` Stephen Leake
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2003-03-11 19:49 ` Robert C. Leif
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