On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 07:41:31PM -0800, Ben Reser wrote: > On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 04:37:32PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > We have some concerns about this clause as well. > > > > 6) What does "or otherwise" mean? It would seem to include all forms of > > communication other than advertising (examples include magazine reviews, > > blog postings, and so forth). > > > > 7) What does "or other dealings" mean? It would seem to include all > > activities that can be promoted other than sale or use (examples include > > charitable donations of copies of the software, or the "cooking" of a > > CD-ROM with a copy of the software encoded on it in a microwave oven). > > > > 8) As far as the participants on the debian-legal mailing list are > > aware, there is no jurisdiction in the world in which a right to use the > > name of a copyright holder for promotional purposes automatically > > attaches to any copyright license, no matter how liberal its terms. Can > > you tell us why X-Oz Technology, Inc., feels this clause is necessary? > > I'm going to assume that X-Oz is going to find these questions difficult > to answer because I think they were simply using a clause from the X.org > and XFree86 1.1 license. X-Oz's own interpretation of this clause is important; I wouldn't assume that X-Oz constructed a license which included language they did not understand! Susan, I personally would be most appreciative of a reply to these questions (including the 5 previous ones, already sent, which I omitted from this mail for brevity). Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer them. -- G. Branden Robinson | I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, Debian GNU/Linux | and say that if God really existed, branden@debian.org | it would be necessary to abolish http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | him. -- Mikhail Bakunin
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