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

[Greg Freemyer]

I second MMM.  They offer seminars etc. on OpenSource licensing.

Per Paul Arne's bio at mmmlaw.com he has written a book:

"Legal Power: A Software Executive's Guide to Key Legal Practices"

I don't see it at Amazon, so it may not be available.

Greg

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Jeff Lightner <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  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..
>
>  *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
>  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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