Re: Bug#915541: Removal of upstream "--will-cite" functionality has been reverted

2021-08-29 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, since this issue becomes complex I'd like to bring up it at debian-legal list for advise. Kind regards Andreas. On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 08:08:26AM +0200, Ole Tange wrote: > Ian Turner wrote: > > On 8/28/21 7:41 AM, Andreas Tille wrote: > >>I updated the patch in Git[1] but did not yet

Re: Acceptability of a documentation license for Debian

2021-08-29 Thread Walter Landry
J.B. Nicholson writes: > Jeffrey H. Johnson wrote: >> Redistribution and use in ‘source’ [...] and ‘compiled’ forms [...] in whole >> or in >> part, for any purpose, including commercial applications, with or without >> modification, in any medium, is hereby permitted, without fee or royalty, >>

Re: Acceptability of a documentation license for Debian

2021-08-29 Thread J.B. Nicholson
On 2021-08-29 11:03 PM, Walter Landry wrote: The license looks to me like it is saying that anyone distributing the work does not have to pay a fee to the original author. It does not prohibit the distributor from imposing fees on end recipients. Otherwise, the blurb about 'commercial applicatio

Re: Acceptability of a documentation license for Debian

2021-08-29 Thread J.B. Nicholson
Jeffrey H. Johnson wrote: I'm contacting the list to inquire regarding the acceptability of the following proposed documentation license, as I'd like to ensure that it will become be an impediment to having documentation licensed under it added to Debian in the future. The DPS8M license version

Acceptability of a documentation license for Debian

2021-08-29 Thread Jeffrey H. Johnson
Greetings, I'm contacting the list to inquire regarding the acceptability of the following proposed documentation license, as I'd like to ensure that it will become be an impediment to having documentation licensed under it added to Debian in the future. --- THE DPS8M DOCUMENTATION LICENSE Vers