[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: GNU license and MBraille
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:32:34 -0600
Keith's proposal sounds fine to me.
John
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 05:18:13PM +0000, Keith Creasy wrote:
> John.
>
> Perhaps it would be better to post that we plan to make the change and then
> allow a period of time for anyone to respond. If no one objects we then take
> that as agreement. Probably should post it on this list and on the web site.
> Many things are handled that way so that if, later on down the road, someone
> complains or sues someone we can show that we made reasonable efforts to
> inform and get a response. 90 days should be sufficient for anyone who
> objects to respond. We also have to provide instructions for submitting a
> response or objection so there's no confusion. Anyone who responds should
> also be prepared to identify the portion of the LibLouis project they believe
> they hold rights to.
>
>
> I'm not an attorney but can't imagine that this wouldn't work. Many things
> with much more serious consequences are handled in this manner.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Gardner
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 12:08 PM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: GNU license and MBraille
>
> Hello all, it would be a great help for anybody willing to volunteer a bit of
> time to help us complete polling the list for permission to change the
> license to LGPL2.1. Several months ago I wrote to all the people for whom I
> had contact information asking for permission for such a change.
>
> Christian has dug out a few more addresses but many contributors are just
> names on the list. It would be really good for everybody on this list to
> review those names and
> * if you are on that list, please respond with your agreement to change the
> license,
> * if you know anybody whose address is not given, contact them for permission
> or send the contact information to Christian or me.
>
> All major contributors have agreed to the change. If there are any remaining
> contributors who object to the change, we will remove their contributions
> from liblouis so we can move ahead. We have discussed this issue thoroughly,
> and there seems to be no good reason to object to the change, so I am
> optimistic that we will not need to do any removals.
>
> Thanks!
>
> John Gardner
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christian Egli
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 8:03 AM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: GNU license and MBraille
>
>
> On 01/13/2015 11:25 PM, Mesar Hameed wrote:
> > In any case, Bert and Christian made a list of those that have
> > contributed and need to give their consent.
> Well Bert made the list really and John contacted most of the people on the
> list.
>
> > Lets wait for an update from Christian (last person worked on this) to
> > let us know how far through we have gone, and how many people still need to
> > be tracked down.
> Well, the whole process is tracked in
> https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/issues/26. Currently we have consent
> from 57 out of 109 contributors. Someone should try to make an effort to
> contact the remaining people (again, this time only asking for a move to
> LGPL2.1 though). I'd be happy to help.
>
> Thanks
> Christian
>
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