Re: Why is firebird in Debian?

2007-07-21 Thread Mike Bird
On Saturday 21 July 2007 02:35, Anthony Towns wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 10:19:03PM -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > > It appears that You are distributing firebird2-common in violation > > of IPL section 3.6, and therefore in violation of copyright law in > > many jurisdicti

Re: Why is firebird in Debian?

2007-07-20 Thread Mike Bird
IPL section 3.6, and therefore in violation of copyright law in many jurisdictions. Did I miss something? --Mike Bird (fn1) For a more rigorous approach, consider a version for which the source is either not available or available only from snapshot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Final text of GPL v3

2007-07-01 Thread Mike Bird
an > his local laws. Steve, Where were you when you gave that legal advice without a disclaimer, and where are you licensed (or "certified") to practice law? IANAL --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Final text of GPL v3

2007-07-01 Thread Mike Bird
ave to plan vacations kind of carefully to avoid all those countries where you're now a felon. As an officer of the court, you will be promptly confessing your crimes to your state bar association, right? Personally, IANAL. I don't give legal advice. I argue law all I want. --Mike Bird

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-07 Thread Mike Bird
On Wednesday 07 June 2006 03:43, Ian Jackson wrote: > Mike Bird writes ("Re: Sun Java available from non-free"): > > Non-freeness is a red herring. The issue is that a "small cabal" - > > - a small cabal operating outside its field of expertise - has &

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-07 Thread Mike Bird
s not really our > fault. A reasonable rule of thumb is that if your argument doesn't convince your colleagues then it doesn't stand any hope in court. The judge is going to rule on the license. Nothing else. Now, without legally meaningless FAQs or imaginary judges, please expl

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-07 Thread Mike Bird
wever, all software in Debian archives is signed in by a DD, a member of Debian's web of trust. A new upstream bug does not affect Debian until Debian is changed by the DD's incorporation of the upstream version containing the upstream bug. When that change is signed in to Debian, that is a c

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-06 Thread Mike Bird
On Tuesday 06 June 2006 08:21, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 07:41 -0700, Mike Bird wrote: > > Reading a proposed contract or license in any way other than > > literally and pedantically is "dumb". Some actions are so > > dumb that no nicer adjecti

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-06 Thread Mike Bird
downside. Why is "building a relationship with Sun" so important to Debian that it's worth the risk to Debian of indemnifying Sun, Sun's licensors, and all their successors in interest? --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-04 Thread Mike Bird
an we now return to consideration of the issues? --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sun Java available from non-free

2006-06-04 Thread Mike Bird
e covert actions of the "small cabal" were openly reviewed. The license (for convenience), any relevant written promises from Sun (if any), and any relevant written legal opinions from counsel (if any) should forthwith be posted to debian-legal. --Mike Bird -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e