[TAG] (forw) Re: Ethical Restriction

[Rick Moen]

Hmmm!

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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:29:32 -0500
From: Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu>
To: TAG <tag at lists.linuxgazette.net>
Cc: license-discuss at opensource.org
Subject: Re: Ethical Restriction

Rick Moen wrote:
> Consider, for example, this revised badgeware patch to Mozilla Public
> License v.  1.1, posted yesterday to
> http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/01/open_source_lic_1.html :
> 
>   Redistributions of the Covered Code in binary form or source code
>   form, must ensure that the first time the resulting executable program
>   is launched, a user interface, if any, shall include the attribution
>   information set forth below prominently. If the executable program does
>   not launch a user interface, the Company name and URL shall be included
>   in the notice section of each file of the Covered Code. :
> 
>   (a) MuleSource Inc.
>   (b) The MuleSource Logo Image
>   (http://www.mulesource.com/MSPL/mulesource_license_logo.gif)
>   (c) http://www.mulesource.com
> 
> It might (when considered with the rest of MPL v. 1.1) or might not be 
> considered to legitimately qualify as open source[2]

Thanks for posting this.  Unfortunately, your CUI might need to output:

            ...

        .+++++++++.

      `+++++++++++++`

     :+++++++++++++++:

    :+++++++++++++++++:

   ,+++++++++++++++++++,

   +++++++++++++++++++++

  '++++++++++++++++';'++'          ::::     ,:::             ::`

  +++++: ++++++++++; ,+++          ####`    ####             ##.
     +####;
 ,+++++. +++++++++++  +++:         ####'    ####             ##.
    ##   .#;
 ++++++  '++++++++++  ++++         #####   :####             ##.     .`
    #`    :#
 ;;:::.                            #####`  ##:##  .##   ;##  ##.
#####.   #.    `.   :###:   #    ;# :# ## `###+    ;###`
                                   ###+#'  ##.##  .##   ;##  ##.
##'.:##   ##;`      '#, :#:  #    ;# :##+:`#' `+#  ##` '#
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++         ###,## :#+.##  .##   ;##  ##. ,##
+#;   ;####:   #,   :#  #    ;# :#,  ##    #.,#    +'
 ++++++++++++;;;;;;;::::::         ### ##`##,.##  .##   ;##  ##.
+########      ,'## ,#     #` #    ;# :#   #:      '#::::;#
                                   ### '#'## .##  .##   ;##  ##.
#########         #::#     #. #    ;# :#   #.      ########
                    +++++;         ### .###+ .##  .##   ###  ##. ;#+
   :#      #;.#     #  #    '# :#   #:    :.;#
 `+++  +++++++++++  +++++`         ###  ###. .##   ##: `###  ##. `##.
+#: `#:    `#, #;   '#  #.   ## :#   +#   `# `#`   +'
  +++` '++++++++++ ,+++++          ###  '##  .##   #####;##  ##.
:#####+   :##::'#'  :#':+#.  +#::#:# :#    ##:;#'  '#;:+#
  ,++: ;++++++++++`;++++,          :::  `::  `::    ;#'`.::  ::`    ;#',
     :##;`    `'#;`    :#'`,; .:     ;#+,    ,'#;
   '+++++++++++++++++++'

    +++++++++++++++++++

     +++++++++++++++++

      '+++++++++++++'

       .+++++++++++.

         `:+++++:`


It still counts on every UI being able to display that exact graphic
(the license text even includes the graphic), which doesn't seem to
comply with OSD 10.

Matthew Flaschen





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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:59:00 -0800
To: license-discuss at opensource.org
From: Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com>
To: TAG <tag at lists.linuxgazette.net>
Subject: Re: Ethical Restriction

Quoting Matthew Flaschen (matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu):

[Yesterday's new MuleSource thing:]

> It still counts on every UI being able to display that exact graphic
> (the license text even includes the graphic), which doesn't seem to
> comply with OSD 10.
 
Indeed, that's a good point -- that the presence of a "user interface"
doesn't necessarily imply a _graphical_ user interface.  (Come to think
of it, I'm not even sure that a _GUI_ would necessarily always be able
to display that particular 250 x 52 pixel GIF, either.)

-- 
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