Re: Public Domain again

2013-01-31 Thread Bart Martens
pyright next to it, > (i made that last example, to be sure i get it) Not public domain. Copyrighted with a statement that could be interpreted as a license. The author apparently meant to allow anyone to use the work as if it were in the public domain. Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

forces user to agree with disclaimer before running

2012-10-14 Thread Bart Martens
upstream for the pros/cons/consequences of such things? The license allows Debian (or anyone) to remove the popup without additional permission from upstream. In this case I prefer to keep the popup if it is shown only once. I'm not suggesting to make that a general rule in Debian. Regar

Re: Non-DFSG license change by original author

2012-09-18 Thread Bart Martens
or shall I still create a +dfsg tarball by removing the file in question and > then re-add the newly licensed file with a patch? Not needed, in my opinion. > I just don't want to wait until upstream releases a new version with possibly > changing the copyright info in this file. N

Re: Non-free postscript code in EPS image

2012-08-05 Thread Bart Martens
gt; License Header is always there... it seems to be a standard header from > the EPS module (export filter). License header or copyright header ? Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: Non-free postscript code in EPS image

2012-08-01 Thread Bart Martens
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 08:03:43PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 05:20:29PM +0000, Bart Martens wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 08:40:00AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 06:24:25AM +, Bart Martens wrote: > > > >

Re: Non-free postscript code in EPS image

2012-08-01 Thread Bart Martens
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 08:40:00AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 06:24:25AM +0000, Bart Martens wrote: > > Every copyright notice means that there is at least a part copyrighted by > > the > > mentioned copyright holder. > > Every? Yes. > Li

Re: Non-free postscript code in EPS image

2012-07-31 Thread Bart Martens
this issue is important enough to > you that you want to track down the EULA and verify that the embedded code > isn't freely distributable/modifiable, that's your prerogative; If the EULA would make the software free to redistribute then the EULA must be included in debian/copyri

Re: Non-free postscript code in EPS image

2012-07-31 Thread Bart Martens
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 01:29:52PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 07:51:55PM +0000, Bart Martens wrote: > > > A copyright statement does not, by itself, say anything about the license > > > of > > > the work. Since Illustrator is frequently u

Re: Non-free postscript code in EPS image

2012-07-31 Thread Bart Martens
quot;contains postscript library code that is copyrighted by Adobe") without license from Adobe, then the files cannot be freely redistributed. Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120731195155.gd1...@master.debian.org

Re: Non-free postscript code in EPS image

2012-07-31 Thread Bart Martens
e files by running them through eps2eps does not make the result free. Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120731193111.gc1...@master.debian.org

Re: Hinner EDV: Correct Logo Usage?

2007-04-07 Thread Bart Martens
On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 10:59 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Steve Langasek: > > >> Sorry, I fail to see how you can do this without losing your > >> credibility. The MIT license specifically gives one permission "to > >> deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation > >>

inappropriate use of Debian Official Use Logo (Re: Hinner EDV: Correct Logo Usage?)

2007-04-07 Thread Bart Martens
logo, > > > Huh? It's about to be relicensed under the MIT license. > > And enforced as a trademark, which he's currently misusing? I agree with Steve that the "Debian Official Use Logo" is used in a way that is not allowed by the license published at http://www.de

Re: Debian License agreement

2007-03-24 Thread Bart Martens
On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 22:27 +0300, Vsevolod Krishchenko wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I fear that it is sound stupid Not to me. :) > but I wonder does such thing like Debian > EULA exit? FC, for example, has EULA > (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Licenses/EULA) I have not yet seen such E

please on-topic messages (Re: Sun Java available from non-free)

2006-06-04 Thread Bart Martens
subject still the same or does my message start a new discussion? Does it work towards a real solution for the issue being discussed? Have I read all previous messages of the subject so that my message doesn't repeat what's already said? And so on. Thanks, Bart Martens --

Macromedia flash and shockwave

2001-05-29 Thread Bart Martens
Macromedia for an exceptional permission. Does anyone know how such a permission should be asked? (Maybe an e-mail template...) Bart Martens [1] http://bugs.debian.org/99134 [2] http://www.macromedia.com/support/shockwave/info/licensing/license.html