Re: (reiserfs) Re: License arguements again (debian specific)

2000-06-16 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Hans Reiser wrote: > No, it makes it GPL'd with an additional license available if you don't like > GPL > and are willing to pay. If this is the case may I suggest changing the text a bit then? If you release it under the GPL and add a statement like the one below things will be a lot

Re: (reiserfs) Re: License arguements again (debian specific)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew Lenharth
> No, it makes it GPL'd with an additional license available if you don't like > GPL > and are willing to pay. It is a GPL restriction that one cannot integrate GPL > software into non-GPL'd software. This makes it more free than just GPL, > because with the possibility of obtaining a license in

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 02:44:45PM -0700, Andrew Lenharth wrote: > The whole point of the EXCERPT of the paragraph from the licenses is a > clarification to an ambiguous phrasing of one of the points in the GPL. I don't see that it clears up any ambiguities. > Without further ado, the actual full

Re: outside USA

2000-06-16 Thread Chloe Hoffman
This is not legal advice, no attorney-client relationship is established, etc. etc. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) To: giulio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: debian-legal Subject: Re: outside USA Date: 11 Jun 2000 20:14:03 -0400 giulio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Since my works co

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 05:16:11PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > > On the other hand, this ambiguity invites flamewars -- and for that > reason I think the language should be cleaned up. [Now that I saw the full text...] The whole thing is poorly worded and does only harm. Again someone messed it

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew Lenharth
> > > I think I understand what the license is trying to say (that non-GPL > > > licenses are available from the author, if you don't want to be bound > > > by the terms of the GPL?), but the way it's currently worded is > > > incredibly sloppy and fails the DFSG. > > > > That blurb simply states

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Raul Miller
> > Frankly, I think license this only needs a one word change (instead of > > "non-GPL", make it "non-GPLable" or "incompatible with GPL") to remove > > all ambiguity. However, we have every right to modify and redistribute > > the kernel, should we deem it necessary. On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 11:

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 05:00:38PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 12:22:26PM -0700, Andrew Lenharth wrote: > > Then we have an interesting problem. This has already been discussed > > on the linux kernel list. There consensus was it is consistant and > > still free. At one poin

Re: (reiserfs) Re: License arguements again (debian specific)

2000-06-16 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Hans Reiser wrote: > No, it makes it GPL'd with an additional license available if you don't like GPL > and are willing to pay. If this is the case may I suggest changing the text a bit then? If you release it under the GPL and add a statement like the one below things will be a lot mo

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 12:22:26PM -0700, Andrew Lenharth wrote: > Then we have an interesting problem. This has already been discussed > on the linux kernel list. There consensus was it is consistant and > still free. At one point, either 2.4 or 2.6, this code will be in the > kernel. Do we move t

Re: (reiserfs) Re: License arguements again (debian specific)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew Lenharth
> No, it makes it GPL'd with an additional license available if you don't like GPL > and are willing to pay. It is a GPL restriction that one cannot integrate GPL > software into non-GPL'd software. This makes it more free than just GPL, > because with the possibility of obtaining a license in a

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 02:44:45PM -0700, Andrew Lenharth wrote: > The whole point of the EXCERPT of the paragraph from the licenses is a > clarification to an ambiguous phrasing of one of the points in the GPL. I don't see that it clears up any ambiguities. > Without further ado, the actual ful

Re: outside USA

2000-06-16 Thread Chloe Hoffman
This is not legal advice, no attorney-client relationship is established, etc. etc. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG) >To: giulio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: debian-legal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: outside USA >Date: 11 Jun 2000 20:14:03 -0400 > >giulio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writ

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 05:16:11PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > > On the other hand, this ambiguity invites flamewars -- and for that > reason I think the language should be cleaned up. [Now that I saw the full text...] The whole thing is poorly worded and does only harm. Again someone messed it

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew Lenharth
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Brian Behlendorf wrote: > > I think I understand what the license is trying to say (that non-GPL > > licenses are available from the author, if you don't want to be bound > > by the terms of the GPL?), but the way it's currently worded is > > incredibly sloppy and fails the DF

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew Lenharth
> > > I think I understand what the license is trying to say (that non-GPL > > > licenses are available from the author, if you don't want to be bound > > > by the terms of the GPL?), but the way it's currently worded is > > > incredibly sloppy and fails the DFSG. > > > > That blurb simply states

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Brian Behlendorf
On 16 Jun 2000, James Troup wrote: > > >From the copyright: > > >| If you wish to integrate it with any other > > >| software system which is not GPL'd, without integrating it into an > > >| operating system kernel, then you must obtain an additional license. > > >This makes this software non-free.

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread David Starner
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 08:09:42PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Andrew Lenharth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >From the copyright: > > >| If you wish to integrate it with any other > > >| software system which is not GPL'd, without integrating it into an > > >| operating system kernel, then you

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew Lenharth
> I think I understand what the license is trying to say (that non-GPL > licenses are available from the author, if you don't want to be bound > by the terms of the GPL?), but the way it's currently worded is > incredibly sloppy and fails the DFSG. Then we have an interesting problem. This has al

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread James Troup
Andrew Lenharth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >From the copyright: > >| If you wish to integrate it with any other > >| software system which is not GPL'd, without integrating it into an > >| operating system kernel, then you must obtain an additional license. > >This makes this software non-free.

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Raul Miller
> > Frankly, I think license this only needs a one word change (instead of > > "non-GPL", make it "non-GPLable" or "incompatible with GPL") to remove > > all ambiguity. However, we have every right to modify and redistribute > > the kernel, should we deem it necessary. On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 11

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 05:00:38PM -0400, Raul Miller wrote: > On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 12:22:26PM -0700, Andrew Lenharth wrote: > > Then we have an interesting problem. This has already been discussed > > on the linux kernel list. There consensus was it is consistant and > > still free. At one poi

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Raul Miller
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 12:22:26PM -0700, Andrew Lenharth wrote: > Then we have an interesting problem. This has already been discussed > on the linux kernel list. There consensus was it is consistant and > still free. At one point, either 2.4 or 2.6, this code will be in the > kernel. Do we move

reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew Lenharth
>From the copyright: >| If you wish to integrate it with any other >| software system which is not GPL'd, without integrating it into an >| operating system kernel, then you must obtain an additional license. >This makes this software non-free. If you disagree with this >analysis, please take it u

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew Lenharth
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Brian Behlendorf wrote: > > I think I understand what the license is trying to say (that non-GPL > > licenses are available from the author, if you don't want to be bound > > by the terms of the GPL?), but the way it's currently worded is > > incredibly sloppy and fails the D

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Brian Behlendorf
On 16 Jun 2000, James Troup wrote: > > >From the copyright: > > >| If you wish to integrate it with any other > > >| software system which is not GPL'd, without integrating it into an > > >| operating system kernel, then you must obtain an additional license. > > >This makes this software non-free

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread David Starner
On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 08:09:42PM +0100, James Troup wrote: > Andrew Lenharth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >From the copyright: > > >| If you wish to integrate it with any other > > >| software system which is not GPL'd, without integrating it into an > > >| operating system kernel, then yo

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew Lenharth
> I think I understand what the license is trying to say (that non-GPL > licenses are available from the author, if you don't want to be bound > by the terms of the GPL?), but the way it's currently worded is > incredibly sloppy and fails the DFSG. Then we have an interesting problem. This has a

Re: reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread James Troup
Andrew Lenharth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >From the copyright: > >| If you wish to integrate it with any other > >| software system which is not GPL'd, without integrating it into an > >| operating system kernel, then you must obtain an additional license. > >This makes this software non-free

reiserfs-utils_3.5.19-1_i386.changes REJECTED (fwd)

2000-06-16 Thread Andrew Lenharth
>From the copyright: >| If you wish to integrate it with any other >| software system which is not GPL'd, without integrating it into an >| operating system kernel, then you must obtain an additional license. >This makes this software non-free. If you disagree with this >analysis, please take it