Re: [xmlvm-users] Licence issues

[Sascha H. <sa...@xm...>]

Thank you for your input/

I think the documentation page is the right place to put it, however we are
currently planning a remake of the documentations page, to page things
easier to find.
// Sascha

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Gergely Kis <ger...@ma...>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am not a lawyer (only my wife is). However, I think that you need some
> kind of legal entity called XMLVM so that the copyright laws can work. It
> may also depend on the country as well, but I think that forming some kind
> of legal entity is the right way to go.
>
> One possibility to avoid that is to use an already existing umbrella
> organization like Apache Foundation or the Software Freedom Law Center (
> http://www.softwarefreedom.org/services/)
> However, this method would probably have an impact on the potential future
> commercialization of the project.
>
> Best Regards,
> Gergely
>
> 2009/10/7 Sascha Haeberling <sa...@xm...>
>
> This is actually a good point Gergely, thanks for mentioning it. So far we
>> thought, if we write (C) XMLVM and then mention in a COPYING or LICENSE file
>> who the people are that "own" XMLVM that should be enough. But I might be
>> wrong and would like to figure this out. Do you think the only way to do
>> this properly is to create a legal entity (like a company)?
>> Maybe you have some pointers for us, that would be great.
>>
>> Thanks
>> // Sascha
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Gergely Kis <ger...@ma...>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/10/7 Gergely Kis <ger...@ma...>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have a few thoughts (not terribly organized):
>>>> - it would be nice to have a commercial entity who owns the code
>>>> legally. Right now the CLAs have to be addressed to you (Arno Puder)
>>>> personally. This could be a problem for potential contributor businesses.
>>>>
>>> Ok, I was wrong here. It just needs to be sent to your address, but
>>> addressed to XMLVM, which is not a legal entity as far as I know. So I think
>>> my point is still valid.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Gergely
>>>
>>>
>>>
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