Re: request-tracker3: licence problem

2004-07-13 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
not this can be enforced in specific countries, it is now compatible with the GPL as far as I can tell. Can anyone who had a problem with the old licence appendage confirm that the new one looks okay? -- Andrew Stribblehill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England

Re: request-tracker3: license shadiness

2004-07-02 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
Jesse, the upstream developer of RT3 assures me that they have no intention of stealing the copyright on code that hasn't been intentionally given to them for the purpose of inclusion in RT. He's in consultation with Best Practical's lawyers about how best to re-word it to reflect their intentions.

request-tracker3: licence problem

2004-07-01 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
Regarding the 3rd paragraph of the licence in README and elsewhere as discussed previously on debian-legal: # BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK ... # Unless otherwise specified, all modifications, corrections or # extensions to this work which alter its source code become the # property of Best Practical Soluti

Open Software License v1.1

2003-07-23 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
** Please Cc me in your replies ** Could I have your opinion about the Open Software License version 1.1? It has a few differences that may make it more acceptable as a free software licence. I'm summarising debian-legal's problems with OSL 1.0, merged with OSL 1.1. Where there were substantive c

Transfer of copyright on death

2003-07-15 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
rs are not held responsible for any defects or shortcomings in the software, or damages caused by it. There is no warranty for this software. Have a nice day. -- Andrew Stribblehill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England

Re: USA crypto rules and libssl-dependent packages

2001-05-14 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
n. However, this seems to be contradicted by section 2.1.5 because binary 'hitop' is capable of running without libssl. I'm becoming increasingly frustrated by parochial laws in just one country affecting a global distribution. -- Andrew Stribblehill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England

Is this license DFSG-free?

2000-08-21 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
I want to package something with this license. Is it acceptable to go into main? I'm most concerned with the 2nd paragraph -- does it pass DFSG 1? Thanks, Andrew Stribblehill, Systems Programmer, IT Service, University of Durham, England 8<- Copyright 1999 by Da

Fwd: ITP: tct (The coroner's toolkit)

2000-08-18 Thread Andrew Stribblehill
Could you confirm that the IBM public license is valid and that the below-mentioned mix of licenses is allowable in main? Thanks, Andrew Stribblehill Systems Programmer IT Service, University of Durham, England - Forwarded message from Andrew Stribblehill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -