Hi all;<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rick Moen</b> <<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Understanding OSD#9 doesn't hinge on disambiguating OSes from browsers,<br>and has no connection to monopolists' packaging dodges.</blockquote><div><br><br>No, but its application tothe GPL3 revolves around remarkably simialr issues
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> I agree that pinning down what "other software" means is problematic.
<br><br>"Pinning down" is simply not required. The plain language of OSD#9<br>draws a distinction between what software is licensed and all other<br>software, e.g., software that is merely on the same media as the covered
<br>software but not encumbered by the covered software's copyright.</blockquote><div><br><br>I think the meaning of "For example,
the license must not insist that all other programs distributed
on the same medium must be open-source software." is pretty clear. The OSD #9 is not intended to be limited to one example.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Determining what other software is encumbered by a particular codebase<br>within your jurisdiction, e.g, is part of the referenced software or a<br>derivative work of it, is a matter you either already know (because you<br>
possess some common sense and were paying attention) or, if you lack<br>common sense, are free to determine using the services of attorneys and<br>judges, if you'd prefer.</blockquote><div><br><br>Agreed about the jurisdiction issue. How is the OSI to evaluate this? Are we to start requiring legal input on a jurisdictional level? THat seems to me to be at best counterproductive, and at worst discriminatory.
<br></div><br></div><br>Best Wishes,<br>Chris Travers<br>