Re: "Public Domain"

1999-01-30 Thread John Hasler
Darren Benham writes: > I thought I saw a conversation somewhere that said saying a license "is > in the public domain" isn't good enough. I think that a court would interpret "I place this work in the public domain" as "I grant everyone everywhere unlimited irrevocable permission to make and dist

Re: "Public Domain"

1999-01-30 Thread Steve Greenland
On 30-Jan-99, 19:52 (GMT), Darren Benham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought I saw a conversation somewhere that said saying a license "is > in the public domain" isn't good enough. What is Debian's position on > this WRT the DFSG? I've always understood that placing a (formerly/potentially)

"Public Domain"

1999-01-30 Thread Darren Benham
I thought I saw a conversation somewhere that said saying a license "is in the public domain" isn't good enough. What is Debian's position on this WRT the DFSG? -- = * http://benham.net/index.html

Proposed Grail and JPython Licenses

1999-01-30 Thread Guido van Rossum
Dear Debian Folks, I'm writing to because some Debian folks have written me before about some issues with the Grail and JPython licenses (go to www.python.org and follow pointers to Grail or JPython in the left sidebar if you want to see the current licenses). Gregor Hoffleit suggested that I mai

Re: lprng license

1999-01-30 Thread Jules Bean
On 29 Jan 1999, John Hasler wrote: > Jules Bean writes: > > It doesn't limit 'use of the program in a commercial environment'. It > > limits 'commercial use of the code, by modifying it and selling the > > resultant binaries without providing source'. > > "It depends on what the definition of 'u