On Fri, Apr 15, 2005 at 11:58:58AM -0700, Jon Phillips wrote:
On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 14:45 -0300, bulia byak wrote:
On 4/15/05, mental@...3... <mental@...3...> wrote:
Not sure that's blowing them off, exactly. We don't really have the rights to make any license arrangements BUT the GPL.
Actually we have, but only if we achieve the agreement of _all_ authors of the code, which is not realistic.
Bryce, I think it is important that they distribute it as is with GPL intact with the information you've given so far. What specifics are they seeking? They shouldn't have any problems distributing it under GPL on the disk, right? They aren't selling Inkscape, but giving it away along with the magazine. Maybe you could get a little more info. about what they want to do to be able make a better decision.
I've attached the boilerplate license agreement that they sent me. Below is the text of the email directing what to do:
"Join in. For the sake of good order, please fax the signed license agreement (please delete inapplicable terms) back to us (+49/40/34 724 710)"
I've thought maybe this could be stripped down to essentially (but politely) say, "This software can be redistributed freely under the terms of the GPL". Anyway, take a look and let me know what you think. Or send me a copy with what you think it should say.
Bryce