Re: Grammarsoft Public Licence 1.0

2008-03-02 Thread Francis Tyers
On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 22:07 -0500, Joe Smith wrote: > "Francis Tyers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello there, > > > > I'd like to package piece of software for Debian called VISL CG > > (Constraint Grammar). > > > > The licence file (see Appendix A.) is a bi

Re: Desert island test (was: Questions about liblouis)

2008-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:20:56AM +, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Ben Finney wrote: > >In other words, the "desert island test" is a way of expressing [...] > So long as you add the rider that some of the debian-legal subscribers > believe it (and some of the other common "tests") are ridiculously

Re: Desert island test (was: Questions about liblouis)

2008-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 09:05:35AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > It seems quite appropriate for it to be referenced here, since the OP > is asking the opinion of debian-legal. debian-legal isn't something that has opinions. It's a mailing list, not an individual, a court, a bar association, or anythi

Re: Questions about liblouis

2008-03-02 Thread Anthony Towns
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:40:39PM +, John Halton wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 02:29:05PM -0800, Eitan Isaacson wrote: > > 3. The translation tables that are read at run-time are considered > > part of this code and are under the terms of the GPL. Any changes to > > these tables and any add

Re: Grammarsoft Public Licence 1.0

2008-03-02 Thread Joe Smith
"Francis Tyers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello there, I'd like to package piece of software for Debian called VISL CG (Constraint Grammar). The licence file (see Appendix A.) is a bit strange, and although it states it is derived from the MPL, I'd like to ge

Grammarsoft Public Licence 1.0

2008-03-02 Thread Francis Tyers
Hello there, I'd like to package piece of software for Debian called VISL CG (Constraint Grammar). The licence file (see Appendix A.) is a bit strange, and although it states it is derived from the MPL, I'd like to get an opinion as to if it is a free-software licence or not (as defined by the DF

Re: Desert island test

2008-03-02 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080228 20:54]: > On Thursday 28 February 2008 11:27:15 am Bernhard R. Link wrote: > > * Sean Kellogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080228 20:01]: > > > On Thursday 28 February 2008 10:19:26 am Walter Landry wrote: > > > > You just have not been around long enough ;) The d