[cc-community] by-nd for software

Tim Cowlishaw tim at timcowlishaw.co.uk
Thu Oct 25 08:26:56 EDT 2007


Elisa!

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Tim

On 10/25/07, Elisa Malvestio <tonica.94 at hotmail.it> wrote:
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> stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!io nn voglio altro nn voglio il copiright
> bastaaaaaaaaq!!!!!!!!!!!
>  avete rotoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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.
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