Re: OpenOffice.org (LGPL) and hspell (GPL)

2004-10-06 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Josh Triplett wrote: > I think the ideal solution would be to change hspell so that it can > build outside of the OO.o source tree; as far as I know, it is OK to > have some GPLed and some non-free plugins for the same LGPLed program, > as long as they are not all distributed together. The hs

Re: OpenOffice.org (LGPL) and hspell (GPL)

2004-09-21 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Am Dienstag, 21. September 2004 12:28 schrieb Steve Langasek: > Why not? If all of OOo is LGPL, then the license allows you to > distribute under the terms of the GPL, so linking with another GPL > library is ok. Hmm... > What are the advantages of hspell (which I've never heard of) over ot

OpenOffice.org (LGPL) and hspell (GPL)

2004-09-21 Thread Rene Engelhard
[ -legal: please let the CCs intact and CC: me, I am not subscribed ] Hi, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=255451 contains a wish to include hspell support (upstream issue http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=25832) into our OpenOffice.org packages and I want to do t

use of official logo in app splash screens

2003-09-26 Thread Rene Engelhard
[ If you do not reply to d-openoffice, too, lease CC me. However, Reply-To: is set to all three lists ] Hi, On releases@openoffice.org recently was announced [1] that there is now the Sun logo embedded into the OOo splash screen and that vendors are encouraged to add their logos to the screen i

Re: new-maintainer vs patents.

2003-05-19 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2003 at 12:03:56PM +0200, Dariush Pietrzak wrote: > > Hello, > > I've been asked to provide the list of patents that my package > > may/may not be possibly infriging on. > > As you can imagine this task is way beyond my capabilities, >

Re: Is LPPL + some additions DSFG free?

2003-03-16 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, [ Quoting full text because that should go to -legal; cc'ing -legal ] Martin Pitt wrote: > Hi! > > I am currently packaging latex-ucs (see #160953), being mentored and > sponsored by Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. The package is I wasn't sure about the

Re: should I upload ljpg - lossless jpeg?

2003-02-14 Thread Rene Engelhard
ainst DFSG (6. No driscrimination against fields of endavour)... Regards, Rene -- .''`. Rene Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GnuPG-Key ID: 248AEB73 `- Fingerprin

Re: Bug#172181: lzw code missing (no patent?)

2002-12-18 Thread Rene Engelhard
anyway although this isn't law here yet) > I hope someone will now respond to my message on debian-legal. My lzw > message was even mentioned in the DWN. Regards, Rene -- .''`. Rene Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http:

Re: BSD & GPL / deb with 2 licenses?

2002-09-17 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hmmm. This is more I have told from upstream... > We should remove it; it's not DFSG. I won't add it. (That was the question here in place) Regards, Rene -- .''`. Rene Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://peop

BSD & GPL / deb with 2 licenses?

2002-09-13 Thread Rene Engelhard
e.eps [2] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/print/muttprint/files/patch-ae -- .''`. Rene Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | GnuPG-Key ID: 248AEB73 `- Fi