Re: copyright, license, document, standard, code, trademark, etall

[Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>]

On Sat, 15 Aug 1998, Dale Scheetz wrote:

> 
> I really want to use the nested while loops Phil presented, but they
> present a quandry which can only be resolved by using the GPL.
> 
> After his posting suggesting copyright infringement for providing the
> suggestion by cutting and pasting my original post, I asked for the rights
> to use this code. Now, while Phil did finaly say that the YCDAL applied,
> he _did_ first apply the GPL. His later statement to the contrary, we are
> now suck with that GPL code until Phil can release a second, upgrade to
> the original GPL code, which it is my understanding he has the power to
> do but probably not the inclination.
> 

I will briefly pause to note that permission from Phil is enough.  He has
(by virtue of giving you that permission) released the code to you under a
new license.  If this was a real example, you would simply keep that
emailhanging around in /usr/doc

> I have spoken to Erik Troan, and he is of the opinion that the board will
> probably enforce the Standard through trademark control assigned to LI. As
> the board is in "reorganization" at the moment, I see no reason to "stir
> the pot" at the moment, even to just ask the question. This removes the
> only reason I had for making the license as restritive as the one for the
> GPL.
> 
> As a result, I will shortly be releasing the new "version" of the example
> Standards Test Plan (STP) under the GPL, not only because I must, if I
> want to accept Phil's new design, but because there is no longer a reason
> not to.

Excellent.

> 
> The nagging problem that is bothering me at the moment is the library
> testing. We are looking for so links of particular names, and potentially
> validating the existance and performance of specific routines in them, but
> I am concerned that this is not enough. How do I validate that the
> "standard" library interfaces are the ones that are served up by the
> loader when programs are loaded?
> 
> More soon,

The name lists produced by nm might be a place to start...

I will take the liberty of stealing your own mode of finishing an email,
since it seems appropriate :-)

Luck,

Jules

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