Re: Are source packages required to be DFSG-free? (was: Re: New bugs filed regarding non-free IETF RFC/I-Ds)

2006-10-03 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 04:59:03PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > There is some discussion in one of the bug reports: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=390664 > > (please read it first) > > The problem is essentially, if I understood it correctly, whether > Debian source pack

Are source packages required to be DFSG-free? (was: Re: New bugs filed regarding non-free IETF RFC/I-Ds)

2006-10-03 Thread Simon Josefsson
There is some discussion in one of the bug reports: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=390664 (please read it first) The problem is essentially, if I understood it correctly, whether Debian source packages [in main] must be DFSG-free or not, or whether it is sufficient that Debian

Re: CC's responses to v3draft comments

2006-10-03 Thread Markus Laire
On 9/27/06, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since the CC licenses don't require distribution of the preferred > form for making modification aka. source code, it is essential that > downstream recipient can extract works for modification and > redistribution without violating any law that pro

Re: New bugs filed regarding non-free IETF RFC/I-Ds

2006-10-03 Thread Simon Josefsson
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 05:49:16PM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > >> Some of these documents MAY be freely available -- check with the >> author -- but as far as I could see, in no case was this noted in the >> copyright file, so I'm assuming they are

Re: Licence for a file in tstat: is it compatible with Debian?

2006-10-03 Thread MJ Ray
Sandro Tosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OTOH you have a different problem: a four clauses BSD-like license is > > not compatible with GPL-licensed code, and this means that the package > > is not distributable at all. > > So, what do I have to do now? Should I get in touch with upstream > askin