Re: Proposed: Debian's Five Freedoms for Free Works

2003-06-14 Thread Adam Warner
On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 06:05, Dylan Thurston wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adam Warner wrote: > > Branden, perhaps the term "information disclosure" would better suit > > you/us than "privacy"? That is we propose a DFSG-free licence cannot > > mandate information disclosure of anything b

Re: A single unified license

2003-06-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 10:09:00AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Can someone remind me how exactly the license above is incompatible with > > the GNU GPL? Material under this license seems as miscible with a work > > under the GNU GPL as m

Re: Proposed: Debian's Five Freedoms for Free Works [humor]

2003-06-14 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi Am Fre, 2003-06-13 um 23.30 schrieb Anthony DeRobertis: > On Friday, Jun 13, 2003, at 04:57 US/Eastern, Joachim Breitner wrote: > > > > "Unrestricted access to all not-common elements to produce the final > > product is a precondition for this". > > [...] > > Humans > > (non-common: the order

Re: Proposed: Debian's Five Freedoms for Free Works

2003-06-14 Thread Dylan Thurston
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Adam Warner wrote: > Branden, perhaps the term "information disclosure" would better suit > you/us than "privacy"? That is we propose a DFSG-free licence cannot > mandate information disclosure of anything but the information forming a > distributed and derived work.

Re: A single unified license

2003-06-14 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can someone remind me how exactly the license above is incompatible with > the GNU GPL? Material under this license seems as miscible with a work > under the GNU GPL as materials under the 2- or 3-clause BSD licenses > are. "Provided that the entire

Re: A single unified license

2003-06-14 Thread christophe barbe
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 07:28:21PM -0400, David B Harris wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:02:56 -0400 > Richard Stallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > my question> > > > > I intend to make the effort some day, but first I have to finish GPL > > version 3, which faces other difficult questions.

Re: Proposed: Debian's Five Freedoms for Free Works

2003-06-14 Thread MJ Ray
Dylan Thurston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One clear difference is that the FSF finds the FDL license to be free > on their terms [...] To my knowledge, the FSF have never claimed the FDL meets their definition of free software. Can you show otherwise, please? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and

Re: A single unified license

2003-06-14 Thread Richard Braakman
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:31:05AM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 22:02, Walter Landry wrote: > > > d) Accompany it with information as to how to obtain, for a charge > > no more than the cost of physically performing source > > distribution, corresponding sou

Re: A single unified license

2003-06-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 06:02:56PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > For instance, here is the license we used for most GNU manuals before > the GFDL: > > Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this > manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are >

Re: Proposed: Debian's Five Freedoms for Free Works

2003-06-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 05:02:27PM -0400, Gregory K.Johnson wrote: > Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I personally have advocated a fifth freedom: > > > > 5) The freedom to retain privacy in one's person, effects, and data, > >including, but not limited to, all Works in one's po

Re: Proposed: Debian's Five Freedoms for Free Works

2003-06-14 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 03:50:24PM +1200, Adam Warner wrote: > Branden, perhaps the term "information disclosure" would better suit > you/us than "privacy"? Sure, if that's agreeable to others. > That is we propose a DFSG-free licence cannot mandate information > disclosure of anything but the in

Re: A single unified license

2003-06-14 Thread Anthony DeRobertis
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 22:02, Walter Landry wrote: > d) Accompany it with information as to how to obtain, for a charge > no more than the cost of physically performing source > distribution, corresponding source. (This alternative is allowed > only for noncommercial distribution)