On 2002-09-06 18:59:45 -0400, Dylan Thurston wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 03:35:17PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > The names could only be restricted if they are trademarked, which they
> > are not. "Computer Modern" might be trademarked (I don't know),
>
> It is, as indicated in the
On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 03:35:17PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> > > However, use of the names is restricted:
> >
> > This is a slightly odd statement, since (AFAIK) names cannot be
> > restricted in the ways that follow. The crucial issue seems to be
> > whether this statement (and what f
Dylan Thurston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > However, use of the names is restricted:
>
> This is a slightly odd statement, since (AFAIK) names cannot be
> restricted in the ways that follow. The crucial issue seems to be
> whether this statement (and what follows) are terms of the grant of
>
On Wed, 4 Sep, Brian Sniffen wrote:
> Sadly, I don't own a copy of Computers & Typesetting. Can you quote
> the full copyright page, and give a general indication of the contents
> of Volume E?
Somewhat surprisingly, no-one has done this completely yet. Computers
& Typesetting, Volume E, Compu
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Fredrik Persson wrote:
> I'm in a situation where I am trying to get the source code for a program
> from the company that distributed that program, and this has turned out
> to be really difficult. Currently, I'm preparing a reply to their lawyer (I
> have no legal training my
On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 11:03, Fredrik Persson wrote:
> Is this a loophole in the GPL? If my question above is answered with
> "Jim", I think it is. If the answer is "Jill", it most likely is not.
>
> So...
>
> What do you all say about this?
I say that the answer is "Jim," but that this is not as
Antti-Juhani Kaijanaho on Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 07:52:06PM +0300 wrote:
> The FSF may be a better place. They have a mailing address for
> licensing questions but I forget what it was.
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On 20020906T180308+0200, Fredrik Persson wrote:
> This may be slightly OT, but I have really looked around for a better place
> to ask this question, and failed.
The FSF may be a better place. They have a mailing address for
licensing questions but I forget what it was.
> That is my question. W
I've been looking at the timidity-patches package, because I've been
looking for a decent MIDI patch set for an unrelated project, and that
patch set is a good one.
The package has no license.
Looking into it, timidity-patches turns out to have been put together
from patch files taken from the Mi
Hello!
This may be slightly OT, but I have really looked around for a better place
to ask this question, and failed.
I'm in a situation where I am trying to get the source code for a program
from the company that distributed that program, and this has turned out
to be really difficult. Currently
> We [CEINTEC] know that this person has never oposed to the use of Debian
> and, of course, that person guarantees that this won't happen in the future
> (while the GNU philosophy is respected).
I don't this this guarantee is worth the paper it's printed on.
> We [CEINTEC] also know that he/she
>From ignacio Fri Sep 6 11:56:41 2002
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Martin Schulze wrote:
> BUT: If we distribute scripts (shell, Perl, Python etc.) or PHP
> files, that are patched before they are packed into a .deb file,
> they normally don't contain such notices, even though the GPL seems
> to require them, and we do distribute plain files in these cases.
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The GNU GPL says:
2. You may modify your copy or copies of the Program or any portion
of it, thus forming a work based on the Program, and copy and
distribute such modifications or work under the terms of Section 1
above, provided that
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