Re: Bug#442032: CPAL

2007-09-14 Thread Ben Finney
Laurent Chretienneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The CPAL is an OSI approved license. How is that relevant to Debian? Also: please don't top post, nor quote huge messages to post a single-line response. http://www.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct>. -- \ "Holy contributing to the

Re: Bug#442032: CPAL (was: Bug#442032: ITP: openproj -- A desktop replacement for Microsoft Project. It is capable of sharing files with Microsoft Project...)

2007-09-14 Thread ajdlinux
On 9/15/07, Laurent Chretienneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The CPAL is an OSI approved license. Debian, as well as the FSF, has rejected many OSI-approved licenses before. (Being OSI-approved does of course mean you've come most of the way to being DFSG-free, but a lot of OSI approved licenses

Re: CC Non-waivable Compulsory License Scheme

2007-09-14 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 07:19:35PM +0200, Francesco Poli wrote: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:39:49 +0200 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > [...] > > excellent explanation! > In other words, IIUC, this clause seems to try and limit the harms done > by some idiotic laws. > The license would *not* be *less* re

Re: Doubts regarding the GPLv(2,3) compatibility of libpcap

2007-09-14 Thread Olive
Joerg Mayer wrote: Hello List, I've some doubts whether it is OK to distribute binaries of GPL programs linked against libpcap. Being one of the Wireshark (nee Ethereal) authors that's something I'd like to hear some (hopefully well founded) opinions on. While the main license file says it's 3

Doubts regarding the GPLv(2,3) compatibility of libpcap

2007-09-14 Thread Joerg Mayer
Hello List, I've some doubts whether it is OK to distribute binaries of GPL programs linked against libpcap. Being one of the Wireshark (nee Ethereal) authors that's something I'd like to hear some (hopefully well founded) opinions on. While the main license file says it's 3 clause BSD, some of t

Re: Bug#431883: dcraw license does not give permission to distribute modified versions or source alongside

2007-09-14 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Friday 14 September 2007 10:38:40 Steve King wrote: > This is David Coffin's proposed license text for the next version of > dcraw: No license is required to download and use dcraw.c. However, to > lawfully redistribute dcraw, you must either (a) offer, at no extra > charge, full source code* f

Re: CC Non-waivable Compulsory License Scheme

2007-09-14 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:39:49 +0200 Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: [...] > excellent explanation! In other words, IIUC, this clause seems to try and limit the harms done by some idiotic laws. The license would *not* be *less* restrictive without this clause. Is that correct? -- http://frx.netsons.or

Re: Bug#431883: dcraw license does not give permission to distribute modified versions or source alongside

2007-09-14 Thread Steve King
This is David Coffin's proposed license text for the next version of dcraw: No license is required to download and use dcraw.c. However, to lawfully redistribute dcraw, you must either (a) offer, at no extra charge, full source code* for all executable files containing RESTRICTED func

Re: Bug#442032: CPAL (was: Bug#442032: ITP: openproj -- A desktop replacement for Microsoft Project. It is capable of sharing files with Microsoft Project...)

2007-09-14 Thread Laurent Chretienneau
The CPAL is an OSI approved license. Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: On 9/13/07, Laurent Chretienneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * License : (CPAL) Seems like another MPL-based license. Any volunteers for reviewing it? (I don't have time atm.) Differen

Re: Bug#442032: CPAL (was: Bug#442032: ITP: openproj -- A desktop replacement for Microsoft Project. It is capable of sharing files with Microsoft Project...)

2007-09-14 Thread MJ Ray
Andrew Donnellan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > On 9/13/07, Laurent Chretienneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * License : (CPAL) > > Seems like another MPL-based license. Any volunteers for reviewing it? > (I don't have time atm.) Differences from the MPL, found with a wdiff: > 3.6 Distr