RE: Bug#35980: OmniORB package missing Sun License and should be c onsidered non-free

1999-04-13 Thread Ossama Othman
eve Flick also works with TAO. Perhaps it will help with TAO's current non-free status, too. -Ossama ______ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 58 60 1A E8 7A 66 F4 44 74 9F 3C D4 EF BF 35 88 1024/8A04D15D 1998/08/26

Re: Bug#35980: OmniORB package missing Sun License and should be co nsidered non-free

1999-04-13 Thread Ossama Othman
can convince Sun to ease up on the license could you please let me know since TAO's license is pretty much the same and I'd like to see it be less restrictive? Thanks, -Ossama __ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 58 60 1A E8 7A 66 F4 44 74 9F 3C D4 EF BF 35 88 1024/8A04D15D 1998/08/26

Re: TAO & omniORB license clarification

1999-04-12 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, If someone hasn't done so already, then I'll submit a bug report for the OmniORB Debian package regarding the below Sun License/non-free issues. Thanks to everyone for all the help/comments I received. -Ossama On 11 Apr, John Hasler wrote: > Ossama Othman writes: > >

Re: TAO & omniORB license clarification

1999-04-12 Thread Ossama Othman
ian has enough influence to get Sun to change the terms of its licenses for IIOP 1.0 (for TAO) and the IDL CFE (for OmniORB)? (please CC me) Thanks, -Ossama __ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 58 60 1A E8 7A 66 F4 44 74 9F 3C D4 EF BF 35 88 1024/8A04D15D 1998/08/26

Re: TAO & omniORB license clarification

1999-04-12 Thread Ossama Othman
Hi, On 12 Apr, Henning Makholm wrote: > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ossama Othman quotes: > > > > You may copy and extend functionality (but may not remove functionality) > > > of the Interface Definition Language CFE without charge,

TAO & omniORB license clarification

1999-04-12 Thread Ossama Othman
nd OmniORB's compatibility with the GPL? Guys, I'm not looking to start another flame war. If you guys decide that TAO should stay in non-free then I have no problem with that. However, I do believe that we need to examine OmniORB's status more closely, IMHO. Thanks for any clari

Re: TAO license - Debian misinterpretation (fwd)]

1998-12-15 Thread Ossama Othman
the main distribution. Thanks, -Ossama - Forwarded message from "Douglas C. Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - X-Authentication-Warning: tango.cs.wustl.edu: schmidt owned process doing -bs To: Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: TAO license - Debian misinterpr

Re: TAO license - Debian misinterpretation

1998-12-14 Thread Ossama Othman
t, and as long as I am a Debian Developer my packages will adhere to Debian's standard (sorry, I couldn't resist) ... my packages will adhere to Debian Policy. I may not like certain parts of the Policy but I will adhere to it. Thanks, -Ossama ___

Re: TAO license - Debian misinterpretation

1998-12-14 Thread Ossama Othman
exceptions." What the exceptions would be I am not sure of. It is something that should be discussed, IMHO. -Ossama __ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 58 60 1A E8 7A 66 F4 44 74 9F 3C D4 EF BF 35 88 1024/8A04D15D 1998/08/26

Re: TAO license - Debian misinterpretation

1998-12-14 Thread Ossama Othman
would really like to make TAO a part of the main distribution so I am trying to make both the TAO developers and Debian see eye to eye. It doesn't seem to be working but I am trying. -Ossama __ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 58 60 1A E8 7A 66 F4 44 74 9F 3C D4 EF BF 35 88 1024/8A04D15D 1998/08/26

Re: TAO license - Debian misinterpretation

1998-12-14 Thread Ossama Othman
e to modify TAO when such a situation already exists. It so happens that patches don't become official until they go through Doug Schmidt's research group. If this isn't acceptable perhaps someone should tell Linus he shouldn't be the only one to make Linux patches officia

TAO license - Debian misinterpretation

1998-12-14 Thread Ossama Othman
uments, especially since they were the TAO license authors. Can we please agree that TAO is free and that it doesn't have to be installed under non-free? -Ossama __ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 58 60 1A E8 7A 66 F4 44 74 9F 3C D4 EF BF 35 88 1024/8A04D15D 1998/08/26