Fwd: Re: [bug-gtypist] Fwd: Bug#695777: gtypist: includes non-free documentation (GFDL with unmodifiable sections)

2012-12-16 Thread Ben Armstrong
-free documentation (GFDL with unmodifiable sections) Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:41:03 + From: Tim Marston To: Ben Armstrong CC: bug-gtyp...@gnu.org Hi Ben, On 12/12/12 17:35, Ben Armstrong wrote: > gtypist includes cover texts in the doc, with no permission granted to > remove them,

Re: debian effected by ban on electronic games?

2002-09-04 Thread Ben Armstrong
Oops, in all of my slogging through various news sources and gamer forums I mistakenly confused these two sites: On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 05:29:03PM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote: > > > Aside from the gameland site and other sites quoting it, I can find no ... > other than the Netcafe sit

Re: debian effected by ban on electronic games?

2002-09-04 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 10:20:47PM +0200, Hartmut Figge wrote: > > Aside from the gameland site and other sites quoting it, I can find no ^^ Like I said. > > mainstream news sites carrying this item. It seems therefore that this is a > > ma

Re: debian effected by ban on electronic games?

2002-09-04 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 08:09:25PM +0100, Hereward Cooper wrote: > I was wondering. > In the light of the Greek goverment banning[1] ALL forms of electronic > gaming, even playing electronic chess is now illegal, how will this > effect the distribution of debian in Greece? Will there have to be a >

Free font problem

2002-08-02 Thread Ben Armstrong
Bill Kendrick wrote this great program called 'tuxpaint' which I packaged for Debian, but it currently contains a non-DFSG-free TrueType font. I need a replacement. This led to me doing a little survey of TrueType fonts used by packages in main which I posted to debian-devel here: http://list

Request for help wording exception clause

2001-08-28 Thread Ben Armstrong
ers a specific exception to "linking" my software (which is written in Python) to this non-GPL-compatible Python library. So in summary, I do not know how to word such an exception so that it will be legally sound. Please advise. Thanks, Ben Armstrong for the Alibi development team http://al

Re: The Penguin Machine Re: Debian for kids

2000-02-09 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, David Starner wrote: > > of the page at tpm.seul.org. Even though TPM was developed in Australia, > > would distribution of this program in the US (or export of the program > > from within the US) put Debian at risk of legal action by the patent > > holders? > > Yes. Cf. the