Comments for Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog My opinions only. I do not represent any organization in this publication. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Someday knowing the ins and outs of copyright will be like knowing the intricate rules of internal passports in Communist East Germany by FOSDEM 2012 Legal Issues DevRoom – Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2012/01/26/internal-passports/#comment-111916 FOSDEM 2012 Legal Issues DevRoom – Mike Linksvayer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:44:12 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=1603#comment-111916 [...] “⊂ (FLOSS legal/policy ∩ CC [4.0])” (slides: odp, pdf, slideshare). Contrary to my apology I didn’t blog much of the talk beforehand. I will get to all of the topics [...] [...] “⊂ (FLOSS legal/policy ∩ CC [4.0])” (slides: odp, pdf, slideshare). Contrary to my apology I didn’t blog much of the talk beforehand. I will get to all of the topics [...]

]]> Comment on Mozilla Public License 2.0 and increasing public copyright license compatibility by FOSDEM 2012 Legal Issues DevRoom – Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2011/12/06/mozilla-public-license-2-0-and-increasing-public-copyright-license-compatibility/#comment-111915 FOSDEM 2012 Legal Issues DevRoom – Mike Linksvayer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:43:35 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=1326#comment-111915 [...] fields), which I take as an indication that license innovation is possibly more important than compatibility and [...] [...] fields), which I take as an indication that license innovation is possibly more important than compatibility and [...]

]]> Comment on Us Autonomo! by FOSDEM 2012 Legal Issues DevRoom – Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2008/07/14/us-autonomo/#comment-111914 FOSDEM 2012 Legal Issues DevRoom – Mike Linksvayer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:42:26 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=537#comment-111914 [...] Michael Meeks on “Risks vs. Benefits on Copyright Assignment” made the case that assignment (and some non-assingment contributor agreements) is harmful to participation, and proprietary re-licensing has not proven a good business, so a corporate sponsored software project ought to either be free (sans assignment and potential for propreitary relicensing) or proprietary, and fully enjoy the benefits of one or the other, rather than neither. He also indicated that permissive licensing can be better than copyleft for a free software project with copyrights held by a corporation, as the former gives all effectively equal rights, while the latter abets proprietary relicensing and ridiculous claims that the corporate sponsor will protect the community. Meeks repeatedly called on the FSF to abandon assingment, as for-profits disingenuously cite FSF’s practice in support of their own (FSF ED John Sullivan responded that they are getting corrections made where FSF practice is inappropriately cited and will work on explaining their practice better). Finally, Meeks requested an “ALGPL” which would require sharing of modified sources used to provide a network service, like the AGPL, but allow modifications that only link to or the equivalent ALGPL codebase to not be shared. I don’t know whether he wants GPL or LGPL behavior if such modificaitons are distributed. I was somewhat chagrined (but understanding; just not enough time, and maybe nobody submitted a decent proposal) that this was the only1 discussion of network services! [...] [...] Michael Meeks on “Risks vs. Benefits on Copyright Assignment” made the case that assignment (and some non-assingment contributor agreements) is harmful to participation, and proprietary re-licensing has not proven a good business, so a corporate sponsored software project ought to either be free (sans assignment and potential for propreitary relicensing) or proprietary, and fully enjoy the benefits of one or the other, rather than neither. He also indicated that permissive licensing can be better than copyleft for a free software project with copyrights held by a corporation, as the former gives all effectively equal rights, while the latter abets proprietary relicensing and ridiculous claims that the corporate sponsor will protect the community. Meeks repeatedly called on the FSF to abandon assingment, as for-profits disingenuously cite FSF’s practice in support of their own (FSF ED John Sullivan responded that they are getting corrections made where FSF practice is inappropriately cited and will work on explaining their practice better). Finally, Meeks requested an “ALGPL” which would require sharing of modified sources used to provide a network service, like the AGPL, but allow modifications that only link to or the equivalent ALGPL codebase to not be shared. I don’t know whether he wants GPL or LGPL behavior if such modificaitons are distributed. I was somewhat chagrined (but understanding; just not enough time, and maybe nobody submitted a decent proposal) that this was the only1 discussion of network services! [...]

]]> Comment on FOSDEM 2012 Legal Issues DevRoom by Luis http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2012/02/09/fosdem2012-policy/#comment-111909 Luis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:45:18 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=1706#comment-111909 Now I'm even more bummed I missed it :( Now I’m even more bummed I missed it :(

]]> Comment on SOPA/PIPA protests on-message or artless? by FOSDEM 2012 Legal Issues DevRoom – Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2012/01/18/we-deserve-pipa/#comment-111908 FOSDEM 2012 Legal Issues DevRoom – Mike Linksvayer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:24:48 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=1553#comment-111908 [...] Ambjörn Elder on “The Methods of FOSS Activism” spoke about political activism; a worthy topic, but I hope for more discussion of activism for software freedom, rather than against ever worse policy. [...] [...] Ambjörn Elder on “The Methods of FOSS Activism” spoke about political activism; a worthy topic, but I hope for more discussion of activism for software freedom, rather than against ever worse policy. [...]

]]> Comment on 8 year Refutation Blog by Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2012/02/04/refutation/#comment-111907 Mike Linksvayer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:31:34 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=1699#comment-111907 John, How many times have I seen that link? I think linking to XKCD 386 is often WRONG! But I won't bother to make a case. ;-) At the risk (nay, certitude) of overdoing, my intention more aligned with comprehensively criticizing that which may be somewhat correct rather than pointing out what is somewhat wrong, where there is any difference. John,

How many times have I seen that link? I think linking to XKCD 386 is often WRONG! But I won’t bother to make a case. ;-)

At the risk (nay, certitude) of overdoing, my intention more aligned with comprehensively criticizing that which may be somewhat correct rather than pointing out what is somewhat wrong, where there is any difference.

]]> Comment on 8 year Refutation Blog by John http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2012/02/04/refutation/#comment-111901 John Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:25:01 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=1699#comment-111901 http://xkcd.com/386/ http://xkcd.com/386/

]]> Comment on See Yous at Etech by 8 year Refutation Blog – Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2004/02/04/see-yous-at-etech/#comment-111882 8 year Refutation Blog – Mike Linksvayer Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:27:53 +0000 //?p=#comment-111882 [...] first posted to this blog exactly 8 years ago, after a few years of dithering over which blog software to use (WordPress was the first that made [...] [...] first posted to this blog exactly 8 years ago, after a few years of dithering over which blog software to use (WordPress was the first that made [...]

]]> Comment on Someday knowing the ins and outs of copyright will be like knowing the intricate rules of internal passports in Communist East Germany by Copyleft regulates – Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2012/01/26/internal-passports/#comment-111864 Copyleft regulates – Mike Linksvayer Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:33:42 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=1603#comment-111864 [...] at a minimum typical “government” and “market” regulation, as I’ve said before. By the way, it could be said that those who advocate only permissive licenses are anti-regulatory, [...] [...] at a minimum typical “government” and “market” regulation, as I’ve said before. By the way, it could be said that those who advocate only permissive licenses are anti-regulatory, [...]

]]> Comment on Years of open hardware licenses by Copyleft regulates – Mike Linksvayer http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/2012/01/10/open-hardware-licenses-history/#comment-111863 Copyleft regulates – Mike Linksvayer Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:31:08 +0000 http://gondwanaland.com/mlog/?p=1508#comment-111863 [...] I’ve mentioned previously, requiring upstream notification likely makes the TAPR OHL non-free/open. But I list the license [...] [...] I’ve mentioned previously, requiring upstream notification likely makes the TAPR OHL non-free/open. But I list the license [...]

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