[ale] License agreement for Linux based commercial systems..

[Jeff Lightner]

Since they've been kind enough to speak at AUUG (and maybe Ale) in the
past I feel I should mention there are folks at Morris, Manning and
Martin that seem fairly knowledgeable about IT Law.  The speakers I have
in the most recent email I can find were Sandra Gardiner & Paul Arne.



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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Robert Reese
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 1:04 PM
To: Mike Harrison; ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] License agreement for Linux based commercial
systems..

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On 4/2/2008 at 1:09 PM Mike Harrison wrote:

>> You have "legal guys," yet you want *us* to give examples to *them*?
Suggest 
>> you get legal guys who actually have experience in crafting EULAs.
>
>They do. In the typical 'Microsoft-ish licensing world'
>(http://www.millermartin.com are the lawyers)
>
>We are trying to give them so examples that work better in the
Linux/FOSS 
>world for something that is -almost- a work for hire.. but not, 'cause 
>we'll hopefully sell a couple more copies.
>
>I'm looking for a GOOD license for this world. Anyone seen one, read
one 
>that works well?
>
>http://www.opensource.org/licenses  is good reading for FOSS,
>
>but nothing seems to be useful for getting paid for some work as well
>and as it's very specific work, we can't have it completely:
>"free for distribution".


Hi Mike,

Let me start with IANAL.  That said, I think you might be out of luck
due to the licensing you are required to abide by.  My recommendation is
to find a *REAL* I.P. attorney and let them advise you as to your rights
and obligations under the licensing you agreed to when you created the
system.  It's possible you won't get to be able to do what you want
without scrapping a good portion of it and starting over with a product
that offers you the ability to license the system as you see fit.

Look up copyright and/or patent attorneys and ask if they handle this
type of case.  But you really, really, REALLY need to know where YOU
stand before trying to get a license to fit what you have created.

Cheers,
Robert~

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