Review of license

2008-04-26 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
[ Please keep me in the CC since I am not subscribed to -legal ] I was recently asked to sponsor an upload of a package that carries the below license. Is this license acceptable for main? Regards, -Roberto -8<>8-- Preamb

Re: Liberation Font License revisited

2008-04-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:41:08 +0200 Hendrik Weimer wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > Did you point RMS' message [4] out to the FSF when you contacted them? > > I did. And how did they explain the difference in their conclusions?!? > > >> This should make this license

Re: Liberation Font License revisited

2008-04-26 Thread Hendrik Weimer
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think they are applying a double standard here: when the authors of a > teTeX package add a restriction to the GNU GPL v2 [3], RMS says it > can't be done because it's self-contradictory [4]; when Red Hat do the > same, "they are within their rights t

Re: Liberation Font License revisited

2008-04-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:18:15 +0200 Hendrik Weimer wrote: > Hello, > > I've spent some time on the Liberation font license mess [1], Thanks for doing that! It is really appreciated. > here are > my results. Red Hat's Tom Callaway (who is responsible for dealing > with such licensing issues) stat

Liberation Font License revisited

2008-04-26 Thread Hendrik Weimer
Hello, I've spent some time on the Liberation font license mess [1], here are my results. Red Hat's Tom Callaway (who is responsible for dealing with such licensing issues) stated that according to the FSF the license was "free but GPL-incompatible" [2]. I contacted the FSF to further clarify on t