Re: [RFC]: firmware-ipw2200, acceptable for non-free?

2007-03-09 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:27:35 -0500 Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: [...] > Remember, the airwaves are a public resource. While I agree with you > that you should have the right to do with your equipment as you see > fit in general, this conflict with my rights to enjoy a public > resource and to use eq

Re: [RFC]: firmware-ipw2200, acceptable for non-free?

2007-03-09 Thread Benjamin Seidenberg
Francesco Poli wrote: > On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:34:32 -0500 Benjamin Seidenberg wrote: > > >> Francesco Poli wrote: >> > [...] > >>> "We would really love to be more permissive, but we cannot, 'cause >>> that other evil guy forbids us." >>> >>> As I keep reading answers like this, I'm les

Re: [RFC]: firmware-ipw2200, acceptable for non-free?

2007-03-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 3/10/07, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That is my point: if they want to forbid some possible modifications (just because those modifications would break some law) by retaining source code and/or by license restrictions, they have a non-free goal! The only reasonable justification

Re: [RFC]: firmware-ipw2200, acceptable for non-free?

2007-03-09 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:08:28 +1100 Andrew Donnellan wrote: > On 3/9/07, Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Intel should be able to sell easily-reprogrammable WiFi cards: if > > *I* modify one card and exceed regulatory limits, I should be seen > > as the *sole* responsible. > > Wh

Re: Re: Free art license, CC and DFSG

2007-03-09 Thread Julien Cristau
On Fri, Mar 9, 2007 at 13:41:35 +0100, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote: > Julien Cristau escribe: > > CC-* before 3.0 are non-free > > Why exactly!? See http://people.debian.org/~evan/ccsummary (this is about 2.0, but I think the same problems apply to 2.5). Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Re: Free art license, CC and DFSG

2007-03-09 Thread Ismael Valladolid Torres
Julien Cristau escribe: > CC-* before 3.0 are non-free Why exactly!? pgpQT25CqkVgT.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Re: Free art license, CC and DFSG

2007-03-09 Thread Julien Cristau
On Fri, Mar 9, 2007 at 08:34:30 +0100, Mathieu Stumpf wrote: > Great, there are 996 songs under CC-by (2.0+2.5) if I just look at > dogmazic.net. > CC-* before 3.0 are non-free, CC-by 3.0 is probably ok, IIRC. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un