Re: License advice

1998-04-29 Thread Buddha Buck
I am not a lawyer either, but... Marcus Brinkmann said: > The other comments state the difference in copyright law, if everything is > forbidden that is not explicitely allowd or if everything that is not > explicitely forbidden is allowed. I don't really see how this applies here... Yes, the s

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Stephen Zander
> "Bear" == Bear Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bear> You're assuming that this rule applies everywhere and in Bear> every situation. In the US the assumption often goes the Bear> other way; anything not explicitly forbidden is permitted Bear> (up to the limits of lawful act

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 09:40:33PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > And now my comments: > > 1) He does not mention that selling is allowed. So you are not allowed to > > sell it. > > Last time I heard, "redistribute freely" was taken to mean tha

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Oliver Elphick
Marcus Brinkmann wrote: >However, it is not as obvious as you want to make us believe. Things that >are not explicitely allowed are forbidden. Things that are not spelled out, >are not there at all. There is only little room for interpretation of legal >texts. I think this is a matter of l

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Bear Giles
> On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 11:36:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote: > > However, it is not as obvious as you want to make us believe. Things that > are not explicitely allowed are forbidden. Things that are not spelled out, > are not there at all. There is only little room for interpretation of lega

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Raul Miller
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And now my comments: > 1) He does not mention that selling is allowed. So you are not allowed to > sell it. Er, you're allowed to redistribute it freely, and there's no restriction on selling it. What situation are you imagining where this is a proble

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread storm
On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > Don't spread misinformation, please. Did we read the same license? > > I quote it her for you: > > Copyright (c) 1997-1998 by Armin Biere. > > Author: Armin Biere. > > Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any > purpose on a

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 11:36:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adrian Bridgett) wrote on 23.04.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you

Re: License advice

1998-04-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 11:34:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marcus Brinkmann) wrote on 23.04.98 in <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]>: > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if

Re: License advice

1998-04-27 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adrian Bridgett) wrote on 23.04.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you > > disagree. > > > > > > Copyright (c) 1997-1998 by Armin Biere. > > >

Re: License advice

1998-04-27 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marcus Brinkmann) wrote on 23.04.98 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you > > disagree. > > This is weird, especially because of point 3. I can

Re: License advice

1998-04-24 Thread jdassen
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 07:00:24PM +0100, Adrian Bridgett wrote: > On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you > > disagree. > > Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any > > pur

Re: License advice

1998-04-24 Thread Adrian Bridgett
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you > disagree. > > > Copyright (c) 1997-1998 by Armin Biere. > > Author: Armin Biere. > > Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any > pu

Re: License advice

1998-04-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 06:20:21PM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > >On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you > >> disagree. > > > >This is weird, especially be

Re: License advice

1998-04-23 Thread Oliver Elphick
Marcus Brinkmann wrote: >On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you >> disagree. > >This is weird, especially because of point 3. He means the right thing, but >he doesn't mention modifi

Re: License advice

1998-04-23 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Apr 23, 1998 at 09:53:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As far as I can tell this license is DFSG-free; please let me know if you > disagree. This is weird, especially because of point 3. He means the right thing, but he doesn't mention modification, redistribution of modificated vers