[cad-linux] Re: OT: Open data formats (continuation of previo us thread)

Excellent reply, and I tend to agree with your assesment.  Stay tuned.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Edwards [mailto:guy_j_edwards@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: September 23, 2002 1:02 PM
> To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cad-linux] Re: OT: Open data formats (continuation of previo
> us thread)
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 20:38, lee.harding@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > Guy, what part of the license is problematic? 
> 
> ok, I was a bit vague, lets have a look......
> 
> http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/item/0,,823774-123112,00.html
> 
> These really are questions rather than critisisms so please 
> point out if
> I've misunderstood something. (as I'm sure you will :-)
> 
> 1.
>  "...and Licensee shall have no right to distribute the Licensed
> Software, i.e., the Source Code, except that Licensee may post to the
> Internet only those modifications to the Source Code created 
> by Licensee
> during porting..." 
> 
> Why is it not possible to distribute that code? Autodesk has made it
> public, if I'm allowed to distribute it then I know that the code will
> always be around. I can post it to an archive on the web and 
> I know that
> there's a good chance someone will still be able to write 
> something that
> uses this code in 10 years time (don't know why they would, but it's
> just an example), despite any changes to Autodesk.
> 
> I may have misunderstood this, later on in the licence it says I can
> distribute binary versions of the file. Why not just let the 
> source code
> be distributed too?
> 
> 
> 2.
>   "Autodesk owns all modifications, enhancements and bug fixes made to
> the Licensed Software by or for Licensee; provided that Licensee shall
> retain all rights to any independently developed software, such as
> applications, developed by or for Licensee."
> 
> Ouch. I don't mean to sound like a hippy, but I enjoy helping projects
> in my spare time, I feel like I'm actually contributing to good
> software, a good idea, not a monopolistic company. This bit 
> really would
> put me off using Autodesks code as all my work would belong to them by
> default, no credit, no thanks. Maybe I haven't explained this 
> very well
> but I hope you get the general idea. I think the others here 
> are better
> at explaining this kind of point.
> 
> 3.
> It says:
> 
>   "Use of the Licensed Software in accordance with the terms of this
> Agreement shall not require payment of a license fee."
> 
> but then it says:
> 
>   "This Agreement shall continue until it is terminated by Autodesk."
> 
> So it seems Autodesk could terminate the licence and write a new one
> when it feels like? I can't imagine that not making people nervous. In
> fairness it does say Autodesk has to notify the licencee in 
> writing but
> even so, it's a case of "we're going to chance the licence, end of
> story"
> 
> 
> Guy
> 
> 
> 
>

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