From 442630477e8868e92cbefa63a07f6d534d584540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: P. J. McDermott Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:00:18 -0500 Subject: Add basic notes on copyright licenses & commerce. --- diff --git a/basic-outline.txt b/basic-outline.txt index 66317fc..d31d3da 100644 --- a/basic-outline.txt +++ b/basic-outline.txt @@ -22,3 +22,28 @@ something on DRM maybe? modern EULAs limit free speech allow developer to change software remotely without notice + +to add: +FSF +FSD +Linux +open source, Netscape + +one or both: +commercial free software + many believe that money can't be made in open source and free software + logical fallacy, false exclusionary disjunct + if a license said that software can't be offered for a price + it would be non-free + ... +copyright law and free software and open source licenses + freedom 0 isn't affected by copyright law + free sw licenses work only on copyright law, never on e.g. contract law + licenses must authorize (in U.S. law): + reproduction of copies of work + preparation of derivative works based upon work + distribution of copies of work + "public domain" troubles + license examples + copyleft vs. permissive + GPL licenses, BSD licences, Expat and X11 licenses, Apache license, etc. -- cgit v0.9.1