Re: GFDL Freeness and Cover Texts

2003-05-05 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 01:22, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > It's not just that I want to ensure I be personally be given proper credit > for > writing the articles, but that I ensure that future readers are always told > that > they can look to http://linuxquality.sunsite.dk/ for the originals o

Re: GFDL Freeness and Cover Texts

2003-05-05 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Sat, 2003-05-03 at 21:28, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > But what if it isn't? Must we only have the black-and-white distinction that > invariant sections or cover texts are never allowed, or could we allow them > if > they are truthful? The cause is the non-freeness; one symptom of the non-

Re: various opinions on Debian vs the GFDL

2003-05-05 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 16:48, Anthony Towns wrote: > > No, you wouldn't. There seem to me to be plenty of ways to have an XML > format for music that would be plausibly editable. Think scores and things. Works great for some types of music, but other types is routinely put through a lot of filters

Re: LPPL and non-discrimination

2003-05-05 Thread Mark Rafn
> Mark Rafn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I will say it too. It's come up before, and been agreed that as long as > > it does not discriminate to the point that it is non-free for any person, > > group, or field of endeavor, then it is free. On Mon, 5 May 2003, Brian T. Sniffen wrote: > That

Re: LPPL and non-discrimination

2003-05-05 Thread Brian T. Sniffen
Mark Rafn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 5 May 2003, Jonathan Fine wrote: > >> Two contributions have said, for various reasons, that the >> guideline does not apply in this situation. > > I will say it too. It's come up before, and been agreed that as long as > it does not discriminate t

Re: LPPL and non-discrimination

2003-05-05 Thread Mark Rafn
On Mon, 5 May 2003, Jonathan Fine wrote: > Two contributions have said, for various reasons, that the > guideline does not apply in this situation. I will say it too. It's come up before, and been agreed that as long as it does not discriminate to the point that it is non-free for any person,

Re: GFDL Freeness and Cover Texts

2003-05-05 Thread Mark Rafn
On Sat, 3 May 2003, Michael D. Crawford wrote: > But what if it isn't? Must we only have the black-and-white distinction > that invariant sections or cover texts are never allowed, or could we > allow them if they are truthful? Eek. "Truthful" is hard to define usefully here, and for some state

Re: LPPL and non-discrimination

2003-05-05 Thread Brian T. Sniffen
Jonathan Fine said: > The proposed new LPPL discriminates between person(s) who > are the Current Maintainer, and those who are not. > > I have suggested that this is against Debian guideline 5 - > non-discrimination. > > Two contributions have said, for various reasons, that the > guideline does n

Re: Question regarding a LGPL program and closed-source plugin

2003-05-05 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Yong Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 2 May 2003, Henning Makholm wrote: > > Scripsit Yong Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > One of the plugins, arguably the only one that most people will be > > > interested, is binary only. > > This will prevent the server itself from being in main - but it can

Re: LPPL and non-discrimination

2003-05-05 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Jonathan Fine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Suppose the proposed LPPL discrimination is allowed. How > then can discrimination such as: >If the licensee is ABC Software Inc then the licensee >may freely incorporate this work into its proprietary >software. > be resisted? It cannot

Re: LPPL and non-discrimination

2003-05-05 Thread Jonathan Fine
The proposed new LPPL discriminates between person(s) who are the Current Maintainer, and those who are not. I have suggested that this is against Debian guideline 5 - non-discrimination. Two contributions have said, for various reasons, that the guideline does not apply in this situation. Supp