PosixSerial.py license and gcavazos?

Christian Reis

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Oct 17, 2001, 12:15:32 AM10/17/01

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Hi there,

I'm writing a GPLed application and since I need software to communicate
with a serial printer, I found and ended up using PosixSerial.py. Now
this module is available from some sites on the web - Parnassus for one
is an example - but I've always failed to find out what license it has.

I've been looking for the author for a couple of months now, emailing
people off and on, but have still to find him. Does anybody know who he
is, or what the original license it? He seemed to have a website at
http://members.tripod.com/~gcavazos/ but there was no content and it
seems to be gone.

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Christian Robottom Reis

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Oct 17, 2001, 12:37:24 AM10/17/01

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On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Richard Jones wrote:

> If no license is given, isn't it fair to assume that the module is in the
> public domain?

No, Copyright law states that even with no clear license or notice, the
file is copyright the author and he ultimately must decide on
redistribution and use policy. The problem here is that I can't locate the
author :/

Take care,
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Richard Jones

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Oct 17, 2001, 12:40:51 AM10/17/01

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On Wednesday 17 October 2001 14:37, Christian Robottom Reis wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Richard Jones wrote:
> > If no license is given, isn't it fair to assume that the module is in the
> > public domain?
>
> No, Copyright law states that even with no clear license or notice, the
> file is copyright the author and he ultimately must decide on
> redistribution and use policy. The problem here is that I can't locate the
> author :/

Yes, copyright stays with the author, but I didn't think that there was any
onus on them to state distribution and use policies.

Richard

Richard Jones

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Oct 17, 2001, 12:36:58 AM10/17/01

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If no license is given, isn't it fair to assume that the module is in the
public domain?

Richard

Erno Kuusela

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Oct 17, 2001, 8:25:35 AM10/17/01

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In article <mailman.100329361...@python.org>, Richard
Jones <ric...@bizarsoftware.com.au> writes:

qmail doesn't come with a license. there is a lot of material on the
net debating what that implies can done with it. i think djb has a
page about the matter too.

short answer is, iirc, that you can use it and modify it for local
use, but not sell or distribute modified versions.

-- erno

Grant Edwards

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Oct 17, 2001, 1:40:43 PM10/17/01

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I wrote a module named PosixSerial.py, but it doesn't sound
like the same one. I've decided this is the license for mine:
<ftp://ftp.visi.com/users/grante/python/PosixSerial.py>

You may use PosixSerial.py in any way you want so long as you
don't claim copyrights on the code I wrote.

You are not required to do so, but I would like it if you
sent me copies of any modifications or added features and
allowed me to incorporate and distribute them.

I'll add a that and a copyright notice to the file sometime soon.

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