Request for Comment http://www.buni.org/mediawiki/index.php/GAP_Against

[Andrew C. Oliver]

So its covered already.  Excellent. 

Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Andrew C. Oliver (acoliver at buni.org):
>
>   
>> Please calm down.
>>     
>
> I was slightly vexed by being misquoted, but otherwise have seldom been
> less bothered in general.
>
>   
>> Rather than defend yourself ....
>>     
>
> I'm sorry, but you seem to have attributed to my post something not
> present in it:  I said nothing promoting the merit of either myself
> personally (having not been aware of being personally under discussion)
> or of any of my earlier statements.  I merely pointed out that Mr. Tilly
> had fundamentally misrepresented the latter -- and then corrected what
> he said.  Again.
>
>   
>> can you perhaps try to stay on the topic please?
>>     
>
> If by "the topic" you mean Socialtext's GAP patch paragraph, my OSD#6
> analysis of same _was_ recapped inline, in my immediately preceding
> post.  Please see.  Or, alternatively:
>  
>   
>> I can't sort what of the below has anything to do with this:
>> http://www.buni.org/mediawiki/index.php/GAP_Against
>>     
>
> I'm mystified that you could have missed this part, especially since you
> literally quoted it in its entirety, but will be glad to copy and paste
> it, once:
>
>    Concerning GAP (in distinction to MuleSource's "Exhibit B"), I pointed
>    out that a licensor invoking its wording...
>
>       a display of the same size as found in the [original code]
>       released by the original licensor
>
>    ...could require all derivative works to sport a 500-point logo +
>    company name + URL display, specifically to make commercial use
>    impractical.  I.e., the lack of any limit on size and promience
>    (completely aside from the OSD#10 issue) provides a method for
>    licensor to effectively prevent competing commercial use.
>
> The reasoning should be familiar to you, given that you said something
> extremely similar on December 12, right here:
>
> http://blog.buni.org/blog/acoliver/opensource/2006/12/12/The-Buni-Special-Attribution-License-Proposal
>
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