[cc-community] by-nd for software

Elisa Malvestio tonica.94 at hotmail.it
Thu Oct 25 08:24:38 EDT 2007


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> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:30:14 +0000> From: niknot at gmail.com> To: cc-community at lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: Re: [cc-community] by-nd for software> > On 10/23/07, drew Roberts <zotz at 100jamz.com> wrote:> >> > So, what are your thoughts on the GPL+Trademark solution. I have seen no> > response to that idea and I think it fits your stated needs very well.> > Thanks for an interesting suggestion.> > In practice, the mere letters 'GPL' are a red flag to commercial> software vendors and they generally stay away from anything> so labeled. It would be naive of us to think we can change this> behavior. To us, commercial software vendors are important> and we would like them to feel comfortable using the product.> On the other hand, establishing, promoting (and then defending)> a trademark puts additional burden on our resources.> > >From what we have learned so far (and this discussion was a> part of it - thanks all) we are leaning towards a slightly> re-worded (i.e., excluding the right to modify the source) BSD> license. This solution has only one drawback: it's YASL. But if,> as a comment, we explain that this is really only BSD license> less the re-distribution of derivatives, (something that the> commercial software vendors are not likely to be interested in)> we think they might accept it.> > niknot> > p.s. One of the primary reasons why we have opted for a> "high-integrity" distribution model is that the source includes> a high degree of application domain knowledge and could> be harmed by interventions by otherwise competent> programmers who lack the appropriate level of expertize in> the application domain. I offer this as an explanation, not> justification. With that, I will not discuss further *why* we> have opted for a particular distribution model, since I> believe it would be an inappropriate waste of the list> bandwidth.> _______________________________________________> cc-community mailing list> cc-community at lists.ibiblio.org> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-community
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