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Searching model contract for releasing Free Software
by Achim D. Brucker 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Hi, I'm writing software as employe of an Swiss university and therefore the university owns the right of use. Luckily the university is encouraging the publication of Free Software and thus I'm allowed to release my software under a Free Software license if my professor agrees with this (which he will). The only information I could get from the patent and legal office of my university was that any informal document signed by my professor will be ok. But instead of writing such a document on my own (I'm a computer scientist and not a lawyer) I would prefer to have some model contract that I could adopt. Has anyone seen such a contract (preferable in German or English), e.g. a document where the employer transfers is right to use back to the employee for releasing the software as Free Software? The best I found, was the Fiduciary Licence Agreement http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/fla/fla.en.html . Any other hints or tips? Achim

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Source-Code
by Andreas Mueller 26 Nov '04

26 Nov '04

Hi Hope I can get here some help. I downloaded a socalled Mepis Live-CD from http://www.mepis.org I didnt found the source CD of it. Mepis is another Knoppix, based on KDE. I tired to write to info(a)mepis.org nothing happend. I tried to reach Mr. Warren, the guy behind Mepis, also no answer. Today i reached a socalled Right Holder, located in Europe. He answered, correct, he's the Right's Holder for Europe ( the Guy from Mepis itself is located in US ) I ask Sphinxos, how i get the sourceCD of Mepis, they answered, sorry we dont have the sources and send me back to the US Guy. Mepis itself is distributed under the GPL. http://www.mepis.org http://www.sphinxos.com Cheers, amu

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Microsoft paid $10m directly to the top official of the CCIA
by Matthias Kirschner 26 Nov '04

26 Nov '04

Hi all, take a look at this; Microsoft bought the CCIA out of the antitrust case between Microsoft and the European Commission, where FSFE represents the SAMBA team and both together support the Commission [1]. As Financial Times [2] and The Register [3] reported, they paid almost $10m directly to the top official of the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) as part of its settlement with the trade group. The last paragraph [3]: In a statement at the time, which makes more sense now, Ed Black said: "Life is a constant reordering of priorities, and for important and pragmatic reasons we are choosing to move on with regard to this matter. Neither I, nor CCIA, can recant the many things we have said and filed relating to Microsoft. Although we know and value the important role we have played on this matter over the years, there are other current and emerging matters which demand our attention." If we were ever in the position of actually having $10m available for legal cases, we would not have to lose sleep about how to finance our lawsuits in defence of Free Software anymore. In fact, had Novell just given 1% of the extra they received because of our involvement, we would already be fine. Unfortunately it seems you are only paid for _not_ doing things. Best wishes, Matze [1] http://fsfeurope.org/projects/ms-vs-eu/ [2] http://news.ft.com/cms/s/92c6495a-3dbd-11d9-abe0-00000e2511c8.html [3] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/24/microsoft_makes_millionaire/

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Re: Microsoft paid $10m directly to the top official of the CCIA
by Axel Schulz 24 Nov '04

24 Nov '04

> Unfortunately it seems you are only paid for _not_ doing things. It really really seems to be very very true. Unfortunatly! cheers, Axel

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Free software on proprietary formats ?
by Odile Bénassy 21 Nov '04

21 Nov '04

Hello, What do you think of a so called free software based on Flash ? If it is free, the sources must be given. What about source files written in a proprietary (flash) format ? -- Odile Bénassy, développeuse de logiciels libres Odile Bénassy, libre software developer gpg: 6333 33AF 1AA4 5A64 3870 33BC 4247 DC1D BDEB B4AA

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Use of GNU code in GPL OS
by Martin Alexander Wilhelmsen 19 Nov '04

19 Nov '04

I have making an OS which I am releasing under the GPL, and I was wondering if its legal for me to use code written for the GLIBC?

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Re:
by List 18 Nov '04

18 Nov '04

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Re: Hello
by List 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

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FSF Europe Newsletter
by FSF Europe 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

1. From WIPO to WIWO 2. Via Libre becoming associate organisation 3. FSFE at the LWE in Frankfurt 4. Other public appearances 5. FSFE watches the Municipality of Pavia 6. Italian system integrator, Engineering, chooses GNU GPL 7. Donations via PayPal 1. From WIPO to WIWO Seeking to endorse the Geneva Declaration, a group of organisations declared their support in form of advocating the idea of a "World Intellectual Wealth Organisation" to take the place of WIPO. This organisation would be searching for new questions and answers, not just for more careful application of the old tool of granting limited monopolies on knowledge. http://www.fsfeurope.org/documents/wiwo.en.html 2. Via Libre becoming associate organisation Fundación Vía Libre, a Free Software organisation in Argentinia, became associated organisation of the FSFE. This is the latest highlight of a long and productive history of cooperation between the European and the Latin American Free Software communities. 3. FSFE at the LWE in Frankfurt The FSFE was again present with a booth at this year's LWE in Frankfurt, Germany, where two members of Wilhelm Tux, FSFE's Swiss associate organisation, joined the booth team. 4. Other public appearances At a conference called "E-Südtirol" in Bozen, Italy, Georg Greve spoke about "autonomy and freedom of knowledge in the information society". He also participated in several workshops at that event. Shortly afterwards, Georg Greve attended the "Zukunftsforum IT" Conference in Berlin, which was organised by the Handelsblatt, the most influential economic newspaper in Germany, to speak about the overall vision of Free Software. A little later, in Evora, Portugal, Georg Greve gave a short presentation and participated in a round table at the aLANtejo conference organised by students of the local university. He also took the opportunity to meet several people from the Free Software Community in Portugal, in particular from FSFE's associate organisation ANSOL and intensify the cooperation between the FSFE and the Portugese Free Software movement. Towards the end of the month, Georg Greve gave the opening keynote for the BerLINux event in Berlin, Germany. 5. FSFE watches the Municipality of Pavia, Italy The Municipality of Pavia announced that it will help building a new backoffice framework for the Italian local public administrations. This package will be funded by private banks, developed by an Italian company and distributed by Microsoft. The FSFE managed to get invited as observer in the technical meeting, where the specifications of the project will be defined. The Italian Chapter will follow closely the issue and inform the Italian community. 6. Italian system integrator, Engineering, chooses GNU GPL The GNU GPL has been chosen by one of the biggest Italian system integrators, Engineering (www.eng.it), for the release of its application framework SPAGO. Engineering worked with FSFE to make sure that the license was well applied and also asked to comment on the governance of the project. Although the software falls in the Java Trap, the Italian Chapter was happy to help and hopes more companies ask FSFE to support their business. 7. Donations via PayPal Supporting the work of FSFE has just become easier for those who prefer to donate by credit card and/or via the PayPal service. A web page where an online donation can be made is available: http://www.fsfeurope.org/help/paypal.en.html You can find a list of all FSF Europe newsletters on http://www.fsfeurope.org/news/newsletter.en.html

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Re: Commercial use of font with GPL licence
by Lars 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

Hi, thank you everybody for you interesting comments. I agree with MJ Ray that using this font is more "mere aggeregation" than linking. The interested company wants to install the font in the OS like any other font. So the font and the product of the company are 2 unrelated works (thanks Simo). Sam: The ttf file itself is the source in this case. I never had anything else. So I think the company is allowed to give away the font with their product if they include a copy of the license...? Thanks Lars Naber

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