Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-12 Thread Joseph Carter
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 01:48:43PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > Any reason, aside from the lack of volunteers, why we can't do what we > do with netscape/staroffice/etc.? Even if we can't distribute it, can't > we have a loader package? (No, I'm not volunteering, I don't own a 3dfx > card either.

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-12 Thread James A. Treacy
On Sun, Oct 11, 1998 at 01:48:43PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > James A. Treacy wrote: > > > A number of people would like to see a 3dfx package of mesa. This can > > not be done unless there is a legal package of glide (under the > > current license I can't even get the libs since I don't own a 3

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-11 Thread Chris Waters
James A. Treacy wrote: > A number of people would like to see a 3dfx package of mesa. This can > not be done unless there is a legal package of glide (under the > current license I can't even get the libs since I don't own a 3dfx > card). Any reason, aside from the lack of volunteers, why we can'

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-11 Thread john
Edward Betts writes: > This is a new licence on a new version that has NOT been uploaded. That was not clear to me. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-11 Thread Edward Betts
On Sat, 10 Oct, 1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Roderick Schertler writes: > > If nobody wants to take up this torch I'm going to suggest the existing > > package be dropped from the distribution. If anybody _does_ want to try > > to deal with this, please let me know. > > > New license: > > ---

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-11 Thread Roderick Schertler
On 10 Oct 1998 16:48:44 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > This proprietary commercial software and if it is on any Debian servers > it must be removed *immediately*. It is as if you ignored the explanatory part of the message and just read the license. That wasn't useful. I know the license doe

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-11 Thread Joseph Carter
On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 04:48:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If nobody wants to take up this torch I'm going to suggest the existing > > package be dropped from the distribution. If anybody _does_ want to try > > to deal with this, please let me know. > > > New license: > >

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-11 Thread James A. Treacy
On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 04:48:44PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This proprietary commercial software and if it is on any Debian servers it > must be removed *immediately*. No waiting to see if they might change the > license. It must be removed *now*. > A number of people would like to s

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-10 Thread john
Roderick Schertler writes: > If nobody wants to take up this torch I'm going to suggest the existing > package be dropped from the distribution. If anybody _does_ want to try > to deal with this, please let me know. > New license: > > ... > ... This proprietary commercial software

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-10 Thread Joseph Carter
On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 01:14:17PM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote: > Roderick> RESTRICTIONS: You may not: 1. Sublicense the Materials; > Roderick> 2. Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the > Roderick> enclosed software; 3. Use the Materials for for any > Roderick> platform or

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-10 Thread Roderick Schertler
On 10 Oct 1998 13:14:17 -0700, Ben Gertzfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [license elided] > > This is *so* non-free it can't even go on our FTP site. You can't make > copies of the materials other than for back-up purposes. I know, that's exactly what I said in my message. I was asking if anybod

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-10 Thread Ben Gertzfield
> "Roderick" == Roderick Schertler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Roderick> RESTRICTIONS: You may not: 1. Sublicense the Materials; Roderick> 2. Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Roderick> enclosed software; 3. Use the Materials for for any Roderick> platform or prod

Re: intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-10 Thread Roderick Schertler
On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 11:21:12 -0500, Zed Pobre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > libglide-voodoo: > Provides: libglide > Conflicts: libglide, libglide-voodoo2, libglide-voodoorush > > libglide-voodoo2: > Provides: libglide > Conflicts: libglide, libglide-voodoo, libglide-

intent to remove libglide from non-free

1998-10-10 Thread Roderick Schertler
The Glide library is a mess. It's non-free and no source is available. As distributed by the upstream author you get a library called libglide2x.so, with no embedded soname. I had packaged up an old version of this library. I went to update the package and I found that the situation has gotten