Re: IEEE copyrighted files in vhdl tools

2006-12-21 Thread L. Redrejo
El jue, 21-12-2006 a las 14:19 -0800, Jeff Carr escribió: > On 12/19/06 07:50, José L. Redrejo Rodríguez wrote: > > Hi, > > I've filled an ITP[1] on a freehdl. The upstream authors licensed it as > > GPL, but I've found in the source tarball one vhdl header file > > How did you determine the upstr

Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2006-12-21 Thread Ben Pfaff
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:53:25 -0600 Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: > >> The readme.txt file states >> >> This program is released under the GNU General Public License. >> It may be modified and/or redistributed under the terms of said >>

Re: Fw: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:57:56 +0200 Carles Pina i Estany wrote: [...] > and for example, number 3 is: > --- > * 3. provide your name and address as the primary contact for the > *support of your modified version, and > --- > > If I execute gnuplot --help I would exp

Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:53:25 -0600 Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: [...] > The readme.txt file states > > This program is released under the GNU General Public License. > It may be modified and/or redistributed under the terms of said > license. The creator is not responsible for d

Re: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:51:55 -0500 Joe Smith wrote: [...] > >* 3. provide your name and address as the primary contact for the > >*support of your modified version, and > > This one could be free, but there has been some debate over similar > clauses. I'm thinking this is acceptable I thin

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-21 Thread Francesco Poli
On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:43:57 -0500 Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Gervase Markham wrote: > > > Francesco Poli wrote: [...] > >> This means that forbidding derived works to carry the same name as > >> the original software is acceptable. > >> I believe that forbidding an unlimited and arbitrary list of

Re: Legal status of tkchooser (microsoft logo used)

2006-12-21 Thread Joe Smith
"Jeff Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/21/06 11:00, Daniel van Eeden wrote: The file /usr/lib/tkchooser/icons/winpop.pnm from the tkchooser package uses an microsoft windows logo. Is that legally permitted? Please CC or BCC me, I'm not on the list. Tha

Re: IEEE copyrighted files in vhdl tools

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Carr
On 12/19/06 07:50, José L. Redrejo Rodríguez wrote: > Hi, > I've filled an ITP[1] on a freehdl. The upstream authors licensed it as > GPL, but I've found in the source tarball one vhdl header file How did you determine the upstream authors didn't have permission? > ( ieee/numeric_bit.vhdl), with

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Carr
On 12/11/06 14:02, Nick Phillips wrote: > On 12/12/2006, at 10:50 AM, Francesco Poli wrote: > >> >> The clarification from MJ Ray regarding DFSG#4 made me think that each >> distinct copyright holder had a veto power on _one_ Font Name. >> At least I hoped it was so, since if each copyright holder

Re: Python Software Foundation trademark policy

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Carr
On 12/21/06 08:18, Gervase Markham wrote: > I admit this is a bit stretched, but I find it hard to understand how we > come to a position where Debian can label anything it likes with any > trademarks it likes in its distribution, as long as it doesn't write the > trademarks on the outside of the

Re: Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Carr
On 12/21/06 09:53, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: > I'm curious as to the status of the following code for solving a > Rubik's cube: > > http://www.wrongway.org/work/solver.tar.gz > > The readme.txt file states > > This program is released under the GNU General Public License. > It m

Re: Legal status of tkchooser (microsoft logo used)

2006-12-21 Thread Jeff Carr
On 12/21/06 11:00, Daniel van Eeden wrote: > The file /usr/lib/tkchooser/icons/winpop.pnm from the tkchooser package > uses an > microsoft windows logo. Is that legally permitted? > > Please CC or BCC me, I'm not on the list. That's probably considered fair use for the purpose of which it was in

Legal status of tkchooser (microsoft logo used)

2006-12-21 Thread Daniel van Eeden
The file /usr/lib/tkchooser/icons/winpop.pnm from the tkchooser package uses an microsoft windows logo. Is that legally permitted? Please CC or BCC me, I'm not on the list. Regards, Daniel van Eeden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: Fw: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Carles Pina i Estany
Hello, On Dec/21/2006, Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso wrote: > On 21/12/06, Carles Pina i Estany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It is not possible to distribute new versions of gnuplot (only original > >source code and patches), etc. > > According to the 4th DFSG: > >Integrity of The Author's Sourc

Acknowledgment clause in GPL code?

2006-12-21 Thread Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso
I'm curious as to the status of the following code for solving a Rubik's cube: http://www.wrongway.org/work/solver.tar.gz The readme.txt file states This program is released under the GNU General Public License. It may be modified and/or redistributed under the terms of said lic

Re: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Joe Smith
"Carles Pina i Estany" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, Gnuplot has a non-common license: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/gnuplot/gnuplot_4.0.0-5/gnuplot.copyright It says: It is obligatory to add oneself (e.g. Debian) as primary contact if

Re: Fw: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Jordi Gutierrez Hermoso
On 21/12/06, Carles Pina i Estany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It is not possible to distribute new versions of gnuplot (only original source code and patches), etc. According to the 4th DFSG: Integrity of The Author's Source Code The license may restrict source-code from being distribute

Fw: gnuplot, is it free?

2006-12-21 Thread Carles Pina i Estany
Hello, Gnuplot has a non-common license: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/gnuplot/gnuplot_4.0.0-5/gnuplot.copyright It says: It is obligatory to add oneself (e.g. Debian) as primary contact if you distribute modified binaries, but in Gnuplot Debian package the primary contact is

Re: Python Software Foundation trademark policy

2006-12-21 Thread Gervase Markham
MJ Ray wrote: Passing off is a little different, so I don't want to confuse that with trademarks. That's not something I know much about; a reference on the difference would be appreciated if you have one. How is "Python" being used by the distributor to label the shipped version of CPytho