Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([62.225.9.49]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:03:58 +0100 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h15G3s6C026519 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 17:03:56 +0100 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h15Fkitt027628; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:46:44 +0100 (MET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C2CD30.30C2EB00" Received: from listserv (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h14N03g6017938; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:38:19 +0100 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 7288 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:38:19 +0100 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (relay2.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.210.211]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.2/8.12.2/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h15FcJPw024632 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:38:19 +0100 Received: from artinet.artcom-gmbh.de ([62.145.22.162]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.4/8.12.4) with ESMTP id h15Fk2tt027462 for ; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:46:02 +0100 (MET) Received: (from uartcom@localhost) by artinet.artcom-gmbh.de (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) id h15Fk3Y11785 for LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE!LATEX-L; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:46:03 +0100 (MET) Received: from artcom8 by artinet.artcom-gmbh.de; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:46 MET Return-Path: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Feb 2003 16:03:59.0217 (UTC) FILETIME=[317C9E10:01C2CD30] mail-followup-to: "Liste: LaTeX3" User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) X-Spam-Score: -0.5 () MAILTO_WITH_SUBJ,MIME_LONG_LINE_QP,SPAM_PHRASE_01_02,USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT >received: by artcom8.artcom-gmbh.de (Smail3.2 #1) id m18gRk9-001b3sC; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:45:45 +0100 (CET) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Fiduciary Licence Agreement V1.0 Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:45:45 +0100 Message-ID: A<20030205154545.GT16880@artcom8.artcom-gmbh.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Fiduciary Licence Agreement V1.0 Thread-Index: AcLNMDGY+HHdf0EfS8WRMs0Ug/OGFw== From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Martin_Schr=F6der?= To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4535 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2CD30.30C2EB00 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_002_01C2CD30.30C2EB00" ------_=_NextPart_002_01C2CD30.30C2EB00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable See http://fsfeurope.org/projects/fla/fla.en.html I don't want to start another discussion on the pros and cons of the LPPL with this. But the idea of Copyright Assignments for (La)TeX packages should be discussed. And instead of the FSF think of you favorite LUG or the AMS. :-) Best regards Martin ------_=_NextPart_002_01C2CD30.30C2EB00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Fiduciary Licence Agreement V1.0

See http://fsfeurope.o= rg/projects/fla/fla.en.html

I don't want to start another discussion on the pros = and cons of
the LPPL with this.

But the idea of Copyright Assignments for (La)TeX = packages should
be discussed. And instead of the FSF think of you = favorite LUG or
the AMS. :-)

Best regards
        = Martin

------_=_NextPart_002_01C2CD30.30C2EB00-- ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2CD30.30C2EB00 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C2CCB0.AD15E980@nummer-3.proteosys>; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 01:51:11 +0100 Return-Path: List-Id: The announcement list for the FSF Europe MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_003_01C2CCB0.AD15E980" List-Post: Delivered-To: oneiros.de-martin@oneiros.de Errors-To: announce-bounces@fsfeurope.org X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-BeenThere: announce@fsfeurope.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1 List-Archive: mail-followup-to: discussion@fsfeurope.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) X-Accept-Language: en, de X-Loop: martin@oneiros.de X-Authentication-Warning: reason.gnu-hamburg: greve set sender to greve@fsfeurope.org using -f Organisation: Free Software Foundation Europe X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: ms@lucien.kn-bremen.de via mx-1 X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.10 (Clear:0. Processed in 0.643709 secs) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_GNUS_UA, X_ACCEPT_LANG,X_AUTH_WARNING,X_LOOP version=2.44 x-pgp-fingerprint: 2D68 D553 70E5 CCF9 75F4 9CC9 6EF8 AFC2 8657 4ACA X-Spam-Level: x-pgp-affinity: will accept encrypted messages for GNU Privacy Guard X-Home-Page: http://gnuhh.org Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: [FSFE PR][EN] FSF Europe releases Fiduciary Licence Agreement V1.0 Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:15:07 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: yes X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , From: "Georg C. F. Greve" Sender: To: Cc: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_003_01C2CCB0.AD15E980 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_004_01C2CCB0.AD15E980" ------_=_NextPart_004_01C2CCB0.AD15E980 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FYI: [ for immediate release ] FSF Europe releases Fiduciary Licence Agreement V1.0 February 4th, 2002 Essen/Hamburg The Free Software Foundation Europe is proud to announce the first publicly available version of its Fiduciary Licence Agreement (FLA); an agreement that will help securing the legal stability of Free Software by allowing the FSF Europe to act as the fiduciary for Free Software authors and projects. By this, the Fiduciary Licence Agreement will help retaining the legal maintainability of Free Software, making sure that Free Software remains legally safe to use in all areas commercial or non-commercial.=20 While reducing the legal risks for authors of Free Software, it will enable the FSF Europe to defend Free Software on behalf of the author against abuse - even in court, if necessary. And it will provide a solid neutral ground for projects with parties involved that differ in their aims and policies, be they commercial or non-commercial. "We see an increasing amount of commercial or publicly funded projects at the moment on national and European scale," says Georg Greve, President of the FSF Europe. "They tend to be temporally limited partnerships between parties that may have conflicting interests in other fields." Georg Greve continues: "Therefore it becomes increasingly important to offer solutions that will allow the projects to prosper when that time has run out; because that is usually when the life of a Free Software project has just begun. The FLA offers such a solution." The first version of the Fiduciary Licence Agreement is now available online at http://fsfeurope.org/projects/fla/ About the Free Software Foundation Europe The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF Europe) is a charitable non-governmental organization dedicated to all aspects of Free Software in Europe. Access to software determines who may participate in a digital society. Therefore the freedoms to use, copy, modify and redistribute software - as described in the Free Software definition = - allow equal participation in the information age. Creating awareness for these issues, securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSF Europe, which was founded in 2001 as the European sister organization of the Free Software Foundation in the United States. http://fsfeurope.org =20 Contact FSF Europe: Georg C. F. Greve phone: +49-40-23809080 fax: +49-40-23809081 _______________________________________________ Press-release mailing list Press-release@fsfeurope.org https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/press-release ------_=_NextPart_004_01C2CCB0.AD15E980 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [FSFE PR][EN] FSF Europe releases Fiduciary Licence Agreement = V1.0

FYI:


[ for immediate release ]

   FSF Europe releases Fiduciary Licence = Agreement V1.0

February 4th, 2002
Essen/Hamburg

   The Free Software Foundation Europe is = proud to announce the first
   publicly available version of its = Fiduciary Licence Agreement
   (FLA); an agreement that will help = securing the legal stability of
   Free Software by allowing the FSF Europe = to act as the fiduciary
   for Free Software authors and = projects.

   By this, the Fiduciary Licence Agreement = will help retaining the
   legal maintainability of Free Software, = making sure that Free
   Software remains legally safe to use in = all areas commercial or
   non-commercial.

   While reducing the legal risks for = authors of Free Software, it
   will enable the FSF Europe to defend = Free Software on behalf of the
   author against abuse - even in court, if = necessary.

   And it will provide a solid neutral = ground for projects with
   parties involved that differ in their = aims and policies, be they
   commercial or non-commercial.

   "We see an increasing amount of = commercial or publicly funded
   projects at the moment on national and = European scale," says Georg
   Greve, President of the FSF Europe. = "They tend to be temporally
   limited partnerships between parties = that may have conflicting
   interests in other fields."

   Georg Greve continues: "Therefore it = becomes increasingly important
   to offer solutions that will allow the = projects to prosper when
   that time has run out; because that is = usually when the life of a
   Free Software project has just begun. = The FLA offers such a
   solution."

   The first version of the Fiduciary = Licence Agreement is now
   available online at http://fsfeurope.org/projects= /fla/


About the Free Software Foundation Europe

   The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF = Europe) is a charitable
   non-governmental organization dedicated = to all aspects of Free
   Software in Europe. Access to software = determines who may participate
   in a digital society. Therefore the = freedoms to use, copy, modify and
   redistribute software - as described in = the Free Software definition -
   allow equal participation in the = information age. Creating awareness
   for these issues, securing Free Software = politically and legally, and
   giving people freedom by supporting = development of Free Software are
   central issues of the FSF Europe, which = was founded in 2001 as the
   European sister organization of the Free = Software Foundation in the
   United States.

   http://fsfeurope.org

  
Contact

   FSF Europe:
        Georg C. = F. Greve   <greve@fsfeurope.org>
        phone: = +49-40-23809080
        = fax:   +49-40-23809081
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