Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 7780 invoked from network); 13 Feb 2006 23:25:46 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 13 Feb 2006 23:25:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 56178 invoked by uid 500); 13 Feb 2006 23:25:27 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-harmony-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 56018 invoked by uid 500); 13 Feb 2006 23:25:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact harmony-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 55956 invoked by uid 99); 13 Feb 2006 23:25:26 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:25:26 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [83.151.18.106] (HELO vl11s25.smart-weblications.de) (83.151.18.106) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:25:25 -0800 Received: from ppp-82-135-74-122.mnet-online.de ([82.135.74.122] helo=[192.168.2.201]) by vl11s25.smart-weblications.de with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1F8n43-0000WG-00 for ; Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:25:03 +0100 Message-ID: <43F1154F.1060702@Jarnbjo.de> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:25:03 +0100 From: Tor-Einar Jarnbjo User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: CLA issues Was: java.sql.* References: <43ECD80A.10000@Jarnbjo.de> <31C0D1E2-E405-4D17-A4E0-B0F496CCF5B4@uoguelph.ca> <43ECFD19.7080908@Jarnbjo.de> <43ECFF92.2090500@pobox.com> <43ED17C5.5020705@Jarnbjo.de> <43ED1A0D.8070704@pobox.com> <43ED2608.6020904@Jarnbjo.de> <43EF8137.3090507@pobox.com> <43EFD407.3080203@Jarnbjo.de> <20060213012503.GH6971@bali.sjc.webweaving.org> <43F066A4.1050802@Jarnbjo.de> <43F07A63.9020100@pobox.com> <43F0BDF2.1010503@Jarnbjo.de> <43F0C4FF.2080803@pobox.com> In-Reply-To: <43F0C4FF.2080803@pobox.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: > It's not OSS if the author can do that arbitrarily. Think about it - > you could wait until something is really popular, and then go shake > down every user using it... Not necessarily the users directly, but at least the enity, which is managing the reproduction and distribution rights. The point is to guarantee the author an "adequate commision" if e.g. more copies of his work are published than the author was able to expect when he granted the original publishing license. The idea does not match very well with free as in free beer, but this is indeed the legal situation in most countries. > Heh. > Double heh. Yes, heh. Tor