Comments for Luis Villa http://tieguy.org Ramblings on software, law, and the spaces in between. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? by New Links | Hacker News http://tieguy.org/blog/2012/02/02/the-license-term-smorgasbord-copyleft-share-alike-reciprocal-viral-or-hereditary/comment-page-1/#comment-34046 New Links | Hacker News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:01:16 +0000 http://tieguy.org/?p=2168#comment-34046 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] and Presentation Manager Programming (lesbell.com.au) 1 point by ranit8 8 hours ago | discuss362.Stop with "contamination" about GPL. It's just "hereditary" (tieguy.org) 2 points by hugoroy 8 hours ago | 1 comment363.Time To Hang Up My Hat [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] and Presentation Manager Programming (lesbell.com.au) 1 point by ranit8 8 hours ago | discuss362.Stop with "contamination" about GPL. It's just "hereditary" (tieguy.org) 2 points by hugoroy 8 hours ago | 1 comment363.Time To Hang Up My Hat [...]

]]> Comment on The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? by New Links | Hacker News http://tieguy.org/blog/2012/02/02/the-license-term-smorgasbord-copyleft-share-alike-reciprocal-viral-or-hereditary/comment-page-1/#comment-34045 New Links | Hacker News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:39:12 +0000 http://tieguy.org/?p=2168#comment-34045 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] and Presentation Manager Programming (lesbell.com.au) 1 point by ranit8 3 hours ago | discuss79.Stop with "contamination" about GPL. It's just "hereditary" (tieguy.org) 2 points by hugoroy 3 hours ago | 1 comment80.Time To Hang Up My Hat [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] and Presentation Manager Programming (lesbell.com.au) 1 point by ranit8 3 hours ago | discuss79.Stop with "contamination" about GPL. It's just "hereditary" (tieguy.org) 2 points by hugoroy 3 hours ago | 1 comment80.Time To Hang Up My Hat [...]

]]> Comment on Nominated for OpenSource.com People’s Choice Award by Advogato: Personal info for louie http://tieguy.org/blog/2012/01/24/nominated-for-opensource-com-peoples-choice-award/comment-page-1/#comment-34040 Advogato: Personal info for louie Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:25:45 +0000 http://tieguy.org/?p=2186#comment-34040 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] more than I have this year- so you should go check out the list and vote for one of them instead :)Syndicated 2012-01-24 20:42:15 from Luis Villa » Blog Posts 3 Jan 2012 [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] more than I have this year- so you should go check out the list and vote for one of them instead :)Syndicated 2012-01-24 20:42:15 from Luis Villa » Blog Posts 3 Jan 2012 [...]

]]> Comment on The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? by Peace Corps Journals http://tieguy.org/blog/2012/02/02/the-license-term-smorgasbord-copyleft-share-alike-reciprocal-viral-or-hereditary/comment-page-1/#comment-34038 Peace Corps Journals Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:55:41 +0000 http://tieguy.org/?p=2168#comment-34038 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] like_show('403071', 0); flag_show('403071'); Niger Luis Villa » Blog Posts The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? 20 hours ago I microblogged (diaspora, identica, twitter) the following statement a few weeks [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] like_show('403071', 0); flag_show('403071'); Niger Luis Villa » Blog Posts The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? 20 hours ago I microblogged (diaspora, identica, twitter) the following statement a few weeks [...]

]]> Comment on The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? by Venky http://tieguy.org/blog/2012/02/02/the-license-term-smorgasbord-copyleft-share-alike-reciprocal-viral-or-hereditary/comment-page-1/#comment-34037 Venky Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:50:21 +0000 http://tieguy.org/?p=2168#comment-34037 Can i get a diaspora invite ? Can i get a diaspora invite ?

]]> Comment on The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? by Martin von Willebrand http://tieguy.org/blog/2012/02/02/the-license-term-smorgasbord-copyleft-share-alike-reciprocal-viral-or-hereditary/comment-page-1/#comment-34036 Martin von Willebrand Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:22:11 +0000 http://tieguy.org/?p=2168#comment-34036 Inheritance occurs without action, automatically in a certain situation (death). Therefore I do not prefer hereditary. Licensing always requires a decision by the licensor. A code does not automatically inherit any license, it is licensed by someone under the terms decided by that someone. The someone should take into account eventual copyleft or similar obligations in relevant works, but that's just basic compliance. Inheritance occurs without action, automatically in a certain situation (death). Therefore I do not prefer hereditary. Licensing always requires a decision by the licensor. A code does not automatically inherit any license, it is licensed by someone under the terms decided by that someone. The someone should take into account eventual copyleft or similar obligations in relevant works, but that’s just basic compliance.

]]> Comment on The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? by Björn http://tieguy.org/blog/2012/02/02/the-license-term-smorgasbord-copyleft-share-alike-reciprocal-viral-or-hereditary/comment-page-1/#comment-34035 Björn Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:57:23 +0000 http://tieguy.org/?p=2168#comment-34035 I had a short look at the identi.ca discussion to see whether my preferred term was already mentioned. It was not, so here another option for Copyleft: protective licenses. Like you, I prefer the term Copyleft if I speak to people familiar with Free Software. If I explain the principles and the differences between Copyleft and non-Copyleft to people not involved in Free Software I talk about different level of protection (of the freedoms granted by the license). Therefore I use the terms protective licenses and non protective licenses. I had a short look at the identi.ca discussion to see whether my preferred term was already mentioned. It was not, so here another option for Copyleft: protective licenses.

Like you, I prefer the term Copyleft if I speak to people familiar with Free Software. If I explain the principles and the differences between Copyleft and non-Copyleft to people not involved in Free Software I talk about different level of protection (of the freedoms granted by the license). Therefore I use the terms protective licenses and non protective licenses.

]]> Comment on The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? by Anonymous http://tieguy.org/blog/2012/02/02/the-license-term-smorgasbord-copyleft-share-alike-reciprocal-viral-or-hereditary/comment-page-1/#comment-34034 Anonymous Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:22:27 +0000 http://tieguy.org/?p=2168#comment-34034 The term "hereditary" seems fairly reasonable as a means of explanation. However, I'd still suggest teaching people the term "copyleft", in the same way people at some point should get exposed to the term "Free Software": with a clear definition attached. The term “hereditary” seems fairly reasonable as a means of explanation. However, I’d still suggest teaching people the term “copyleft”, in the same way people at some point should get exposed to the term “Free Software”: with a clear definition attached.

]]> Comment on The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? by Markus S. http://tieguy.org/blog/2012/02/02/the-license-term-smorgasbord-copyleft-share-alike-reciprocal-viral-or-hereditary/comment-page-1/#comment-34033 Markus S. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:59 +0000 http://tieguy.org/?p=2168#comment-34033 "Viral license" was originally meant as an insult, but so were "punk" and "hip hop". Ever since "viral marketing" it is a positive term, though. So personally I can certainly live with "viral" :-) “Viral license” was originally meant as an insult, but so were “punk” and “hip hop”.
Ever since “viral marketing” it is a positive term, though. So personally I can certainly live with “viral” :-)

]]> Comment on The license term smorgasbord: copyleft, share-alike, reciprocal, viral, or hereditary? by Zooko http://tieguy.org/blog/2012/02/02/the-license-term-smorgasbord-copyleft-share-alike-reciprocal-viral-or-hereditary/comment-page-1/#comment-34032 Zooko Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:55:07 +0000 http://tieguy.org/?p=2168#comment-34032 I like "transitive". It's technically accurate. I even put the word into the name of a licence I wrote: The Transitive Grace Period Public Licence: http://zooko.com/tgppl.html I like “transitive”. It’s technically accurate. I even put the word into the name of a licence I wrote: The Transitive Grace Period Public Licence: http://zooko.com/tgppl.html

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