Re: [torquedev] Beta Update

Ken,

Did you receive any news from your legal counsel?

He should also double-check the copyright violation of the PBS license 
itself. You lawyer is not allowed to remove/replace the copyright notice 
in the license file.

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html

-Dominique


On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Ken Nielson wrote:

> Dominique,
>
> The copyright at the top of the License is for the document itself. It does 
> not apply to the code. This copyright of the document is owned by Adaptive 
> Computing Enterprises, Inc. Moab is mentioned as a courtesy to users of 
> TORQUE to let Moab users know they have an alternative resource for support 
> other than the mailing list. This is similarly done in the previous license 
> document provided by Veridian Information Solutions, Inc.
>
> As to who owns any other copyrights I will need to get clarification. I will 
> let you know what I find out from our legal counsel.
>
> Ken
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dominique Belhachemi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "Torque Developers mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 8:12:58 AM
>> Subject: Re: [torquedev] Beta Update
>>
>>
>> Ken,
>>
>> Who owns what copyright?
>>
>> Why is the changed PBS license mentioning MOAB?
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Dominique
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2012, Ken Nielson wrote:
>>
>>> Dominique,
>>>
>>> Our attorney is the one who edited this license. Again the only
>>> things that have changed are the removal of two expired provisions
>>> which prevented the commercial distribution of TORQUE prior to
>>> December 31, 2001 and an update to the the contact information.
>>>
>>> Users are not in jeopardy of violating the PBS License agreement
>>> because of these clarifications. In spite of the editing work done
>>> the license has not changed.
>>>
>>> Ken Nielson
>>> Adaptive Computing
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Dominique Belhachemi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> To: "David Beer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Torque Developers
>>>> mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED],
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 11:48:11 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [torquedev] Beta Update
>>>>
>>>> There are still two license files included:
>>>>
>>>>     torque-4.0.0/contrib/PBS_License_2.3.txt
>>>>     torque-4.0.0/PBS_License.txt
>>>>
>>>> Please revert all the license changes you made so far. Customers
>>>> might
>>>> loose the right to use torque if they violate the original
>>>> license.
>>>>
>>>> The same applies to 2.5.x and 3.x versions.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> -Dominique
>>>>
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