spdx@lists.spdx.org | on the variability of BSD and MIT licenses

Hi everybody,

This term I taught a course on Intellectual Property and Software
Development. the students were expected to conduct some research as part
of the evaluation. One of them, Trevor Maryka (who I think is also
subscribed to this list) took on the problem of trying to determine how
'variable' are the BSD and the MITs and what this means for their
standardization under SPDX. he makes a set of recommendations to SPDX
(see section 5). I am attaching his paper. It is, in my opinion, very
good news for SPDX.

dmg #781 I am not sure what the current procedure is, but yeah, we hope that our study can help improve the matching of BSDs and MITs. --dmg Guillaume> Hi Daniel, Guillaume> Yes indeed, it looks to be really great regarding SPDX relevance to Guillaume> adress and describe large scale situation. Guillaume> I guess you will push some of your recommendation in the Tech/Legal WG Guillaume> to upgrade Guillaume> http://spdx.org/wiki/spdx-license-list-match- guidelines ? Guillaume> Season's greatings. Guillaume> Guillaume Guillaume> Le 27/12/12 20:31, D M German a écrit : >> Hi everybody, >> >> This term I taught a course on Intellectual Property and Software >> Development. the students were expected to conduct some research as part >> of the evaluation. One of them, Trevor Maryka (who I think is also >> subscribed to this list) took on the problem of trying to determine how >> 'variable' are the BSD and the MITs and what this means for their >> standardization under SPDX. he makes a set of recommendations to SPDX >> (see section 5). I am attaching his paper. It is, in my opinion, very >> good news for SPDX. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Daniel M. German "Beauty is the first test; there is no >> permanent place in the world for ugly >> G. H. Hardy -> mathematics." >> http://turingmachine.org/ >> http://silvernegative.com/ >> dmg (at) uvic (dot) ca >> replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Spdx mailing list >> Spdx@... >> https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx Guillaume> -- Guillaume> Guillaume ROUSSEAU Guillaume> CEO, Co-Founder, Antelink Guillaume> Président, Cofondateur, Antelink Guillaume> 18, rue Yves Toudic, 75010, Paris 10ème, France Guillaume> http://www.antelink.com/ Guillaume> Office : +33 1 42 39 30 78 Guillaume> _______________________________________________ Guillaume> Spdx mailing list Guillaume> Spdx@... Guillaume> https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx -- Daniel M. German "You cannot have the success without H. G. Hasler -> the failures." http://turingmachine.org/ http://silvernegative.com/ dmg (at) uvic (dot) ca replace (at) with @ and (dot) with .
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Philip Odence #780 Daniel, Thanks to you and Trevor for contributing. I agree with Guillaume. This is great discussion for the Legal Team. Let's remove the general list from the thread. (also, please note that the fossbazaar list you originally used is out of date) Phil From: Guillaume Rousseau <guillaume.rousseau@...> Organization: Antelink Reply-To: Guillaume Rousseau <guillaume.rousseau@...> Date: Friday, December 28, 2012 4:30 AM To: "spdx@..." <spdx@...> Subject: Re: on the variability of BSD and MIT licenses Hi Daniel, Yes indeed, it looks to be really great regarding SPDX relevance to adress and describe large scale situation. I guess you will push some of your recommendation in the Tech/Legal WG to upgrade http://spdx.org/wiki/spdx-license-list-match- guidelines Season's greatings. Guillaume Le 27/12/12 20:31, D M German a écrit : Hi everybody, This term I taught a course on Intellectual Property and Software Development. the students were expected to conduct some research as part of the evaluation. One of them, Trevor Maryka (who I think is also subscribed to this list) took on the problem of trying to determine how 'variable' are the BSD and the MITs and what this means for their standardization under SPDX. he makes a set of recommendations to SPDX (see section 5). I am attaching his paper. It is, in my opinion, very good news for SPDX. -- Daniel M. German "Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly G. H. Hardy -> mathematics." http://turingmachine.org/http://silvernegative.com/ dmg (at) uvic (dot) ca replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . _______________________________________________ Spdx mailing list Spdx@...https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx -- Guillaume ROUSSEAU CEO, Co-Founder, Antelink Président, Cofondateur, Antelink 18, rue Yves Toudic, 75010, Paris 10ème, France http://www.antelink.com/ Office : +33 1 42 39 30 78
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guillaume.rousseau@antelink.com #779 Hi Daniel, Yes indeed, it looks to be really great regarding SPDX relevance to adress and describe large scale situation. I guess you will push some of your recommendation in the Tech/Legal WG to upgrade http://spdx.org/wiki/spdx-license-list-match- guidelines Season's greatings. Guillaume Le 27/12/12 20:31, D M German a écrit : Hi everybody, This term I taught a course on Intellectual Property and Software Development. the students were expected to conduct some research as part of the evaluation. One of them, Trevor Maryka (who I think is also subscribed to this list) took on the problem of trying to determine how 'variable' are the BSD and the MITs and what this means for their standardization under SPDX. he makes a set of recommendations to SPDX (see section 5). I am attaching his paper. It is, in my opinion, very good news for SPDX. -- Daniel M. German "Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly G. H. Hardy -> mathematics." http://turingmachine.org/ http://silvernegative.com/ dmg (at) uvic (dot) ca replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . _______________________________________________ Spdx mailing list Spdx@... https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx -- Guillaume ROUSSEAU CEO, Co-Founder, Antelink Président, Cofondateur, Antelink 18, rue Yves Toudic, 75010, Paris 10ème, France http://www.antelink.com/ Office : +33 1 42 39 30 78
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dmg #778 Hi everybody, This term I taught a course on Intellectual Property and Software Development. the students were expected to conduct some research as part of the evaluation. One of them, Trevor Maryka (who I think is also subscribed to this list) took on the problem of trying to determine how 'variable' are the BSD and the MITs and what this means for their standardization under SPDX. he makes a set of recommendations to SPDX (see section 5). I am attaching his paper. It is, in my opinion, very good news for SPDX. -- Daniel M. German "Beauty is the first test; there is no permanent place in the world for ugly G. H. Hardy -> mathematics." http://turingmachine.org/ http://silvernegative.com/ dmg (at) uvic (dot) ca replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . paper.pdf paper.pdf
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