Re: Perl module license clarification

2003-02-05 Thread Branden Robinson
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 08:41:25PM +, James Troup wrote: > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yes, isn't there quite a lot of stuff in main that already has this > > "problem"? Would it be inaccurate to say that there's a whole heck > > of a lot of precedent indicating that us

Re: Perl module license clarification

2003-02-05 Thread James Troup
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, isn't there quite a lot of stuff in main that already has this > "problem"? Would it be inaccurate to say that there's a whole heck > of a lot of precedent indicating that using this license language is > acceptable? Only for perl packages AFAI

Re: Perl module license clarification

2003-02-05 Thread Branden Robinson
On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 05:03:43PM -0600, Ardo van Rangelrooij wrote: > When I tried to get a Perl module with this license in Debian, I got the > following reason from James Troup for not accepting the above license > statement (and I quote): > > Sorry to be pedantic but the only external fil

Re: mod_ldap for proftpd is now post-card licensed (proftpd 1.2.7+)...

2003-02-05 Thread Branden Robinson
[your linewrapping is weird] On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 08:56:32AM +1300, Nick Phillips wrote: > >"those alternative terms cannot restrict the licensing of the work > >under > >the GPL, or the application of the GPL is void." > > > >...because it's not the GPL anymore. It's a something-else license