Re: License review: tarsnap

2025-02-05 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 06:41:47PM -0700, Sam Hartman wrote: > > "Simon" == Simon Josefsson writes: > > Simon> All, Is the license below acceptable for inclusion into > Simon> 'non-free'? It is claimed to cover the tarsnap software, see > Simon> https://github.com/Tarsnap/tarsnap

Re: License review: tarsnap

2025-02-04 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
ng the software for Debian amounts to modification: minimal modification but modification anyway. That presumably means we can't distribute it at all, even in non-free. All the very best, as ever, Andrew Cater (amaca...@debian.org) > /Simon > > Copyright 2006 - 2022 Tarsnap Backup I

Re: Updating the PHP license

2024-05-18 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 03:18:36PM -0500, Ben Ramsey wrote: > Hi, all! > > Over the years, the open source community, including Debian, has had a few > lengthy discussions and disagreements regarding the PHP license.[^1][^2][^3] > The TL;DR sentiment of all these discussions amounts to: change t

Re: Fonts that must be purchased - nonfree?

2023-06-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 05:22:17PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > On 6/11/23 16:37, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 01:19:48PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I was stumbled on Söhne font collection, primarily due to ChatGP

Re: Fonts that must be purchased - nonfree?

2023-06-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 01:19:48PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote: > Hi, > > I was stumbled on Söhne font collection, primarily due to ChatGPT > uses it for its web interface. I'd like to also use it for hypothetical > web app (let's name it foodb) to be packaged in Debian (due to design > constraints

Re: About distribution of modified copy of Debian OS

2023-05-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, May 19, 2023 at 06:33:35PM +0200, Borja Sanchez wrote: > Dear Debian Project Team, > > My name is Borja Sanchez, writting from Spain. I am currently planning to > run a paid course where I will distribute a modified version of Debian, > rebranded and renamed. This software will be offered

Re: linuxcnc licensing issues

2022-12-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Dec 01, 2022 at 01:38:28PM +0100, Adam Ant wrote: > [Stripping HTML formatting where I see it - could you please use plain text] > > Large portions of the core code base are labeled as LGPL-2 - There is no such > > licence. It is either GPL-2 or LGPL-2.1 > > A bit of history: > > Linux

Re: Re: Is 'The Unlicense' DFSG-compliant?

2021-12-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 06:58:19AM +0100, Jan Gru wrote: > Dear Andy, > dear list members, > > thank you very much for your reply and your thoughts on this issue. > I want to pose two concrete follow/up questions if you allow. > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 13:00:08 +, An

Re: Is 'The Unlicense' DFSG-compliant?

2021-12-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Wed, Dec 22, 2021 at 07:33:45AM +0100, Jan Gru wrote: > Dear debian-legal-members, > > I am wondering, whether you consider 'The Unlicense' [0] to be > DFSG-compliant? On the OSI-mailing list [1] has been a discussion > arguing, that this license model is > > a) not global > b) inconsistent an

Re: I need help my acct was hacked

2021-09-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Fri, Sep 03, 2021 at 12:42:52AM -0500, Scarlett Kelley wrote: > My email account sk21rene...@gmail.com and scarlettdickinso...@gmail.com > were hacked and they stole all of my crypto and used github and created an > app called crypto kitties and the character octocat on GitHub I do not know > ho

Re: Bug#979101: Legally problematic GPL-3+ readline dependency

2021-01-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Jan 07, 2021 at 06:45:14PM -0300, Carlos Henrique Lima Melara wrote: > Control: tags -1 + confirmed > > Hi, folks. > > I'm the new maintainer of devtodo and would appreciate an assistance of the > debian-legal on the license matter. As noted, devtodo is licensed under > GPL-2 only, althou

Re: FRR package in Debian violates the GPL licence

2019-03-20 Thread Andrew
at which the combination completed, and the sender granted root access to the recipient. The law doesn’t really have the tools to deal with these situations, as I discussed a couple of years ago in the Legal Devroom at FOSDEM. https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/event/triggering_copyleft/

Re: Is ISC License considered DFSG free?

2016-10-21 Thread Andrew Shadura
On 21/10/16 11:31, Jari Aalto wrote: > The agrep software is currently in non-free. Latest code > appears to have moved under ISC License[1] and I'd like to know > if the code can now be moved to main. Yes. -- Cheers, Andrew

Re: C-FSL: a new license for software from elstel.org

2016-01-29 Thread Andrew Shadura
On 29 January 2016 at 11:04, Elmar Stellnberger wrote: > I mean the original ancient vim license of the times before GPLv2+. But as you see they moved on from that. And for good reasons. -- Cheers, Andrew

Creative Control. Custom Apparel. CreateMyTee

2015-12-15 Thread Andrew Haseltine
is message. Hope to hear from you soon! Andrew P. Haseltine Business Development Director Direct Line : 734-274-4263 and...@createmytee.com This e-mail was sent to debian-legal@lists.debian.org. However, we res

Re: How to free US governmental code

2015-06-30 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 06:07:52PM -0400, James Cloos wrote: > > "WL" == Walter Landry writes: > > WL> I found something here > > WL> ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change > > WL> I do not think it applies in this case. > > WL> Cheers, > WL> Walter Landry > > Tha

Re: jmapviewer: bing logo

2014-10-17 Thread Andrew Shadura
rib and non-free aren't part of Debian. -- Cheers, Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACujMDPXnj5MReQerFwqOPyFXmPQ43=g_dooy7auav9xgji...@mail.gmail.com

Re: jmapviewer: bing logo

2014-10-16 Thread Andrew Harvey
On 17/10/2014 4:39 am, "Felix Natter" wrote: > 3. I will remove the logo and tilesource/BingAerialTileSource.java from > the jmapviewer package (which should resolve any licensing issues). josm > will FTBFS, Sebastiaan and I will try to add a patch to josm such that > it works without bing (but ma

Re: jmapviewer: bing logo

2014-10-16 Thread Andrew Shadura
hat'd put all web browsers and media players into contrib. Bing logo isn't required for JOSM Bing plugin to function properly, it's only required as a part of their service usage terms and conditions. -- Cheers, Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debi

Re: Re: jmapviewer: bing logo

2014-10-16 Thread Andrew Shadura
s bug for jessie, but it's possible to download the logo at the runtime together with tiles themselves. This wouldn't require to ship the logo inside the package while probably wouldn't violate Bing's T&C. -- Cheers, Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-l

Providing an openssl-linked pycurl (reviving 2010 thread)

2014-09-24 Thread Andrew Erickson
Hello debian-legal, Could an 'official' person make a ruling on Guido's email from 2010 (link below)? https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/06/msg00016.html The bug mentioned (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=515200) has lingered due to no official response. It's still very

DEP-5 copyright names on a single line

2014-06-04 Thread Andrew Schurman
I'm leaning towards splitting them up because if the years ever change for one person, they would have to be split up anyways. On Wednesday, June 4, 2014, Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > > In the DEP-5 doc > > http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/#copyright-field > > "Any formatting is permitted" > > "year

Re: Trilinos licensing

2014-03-17 Thread Andrew Shadura
; that Ian Jackson is Ian Jackson. :) Thanks for sharing the link, it's indeed a very interesting talk! :) -- Cheers, Andrew signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: clarify FTP master delegation?

2014-03-11 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 07:19:18PM +, Ian Jackson wrote: > > That means that it is for the FTP team to set that policy. > > AFAIAA this is the best description of the FTP team policy: > https://ftp-master.debian.org/REJECT-FAQ.html > > > My impression is that the type of issue currently un

Oracle Java

2013-09-27 Thread Andrew Shadura
for Raspbian and its users? Or is Raspbian actually violating the license? [1] http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/4920 -- WBR, Andrew signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: rtl-sdr packaging: Unable to find copyrtight holders for some files

2013-09-01 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
bs (git://github.com/pybombs/pybombs) which will pull in all of the appropriate bits to fit in well with gnuradio itself. I'm having real problems getting _that_ to work because of libboost not compiling nicely on ARM All the best, Andrew Cater [amaca...@debian.org] -- 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/20130901165243.ga9...@galactic.demon.co.uk

Re: license advice

2013-04-08 Thread Andrew Shadura
easier, because what they have now surely doesn't allow redistribution. Which is why I've asked here so others could possibly highlight the parts causing troubles. -- WBR, Andrew signature.asc Description: PGP signature

license advice

2013-04-08 Thread Andrew Shadura
c things we'll have here discussed, more possibilities to change them. Thanks. -- WBR, Andrew Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/ Upstream-Name: mapswithme Source: <http://mapswith.me> Files: * Copyright: 2010-2013 MapsWithMe License: END-USER L

Bug#639916: spread: license wackiness

2011-08-31 Thread Andrew Suffield
Package: spread Severity: serious "3. All advertising materials (including web pages) mentioning features or use of this software, or software that uses this software, must display the following acknowledgment: "This product uses software developed by Spread Concepts LLC for use in the Spread t

Re: Retirement News Weekly Yorkton: Issue Fifteen

2011-05-13 Thread Andrew Harris
Hi, I pretty much never post to this list, but is there a reason why debian-legal gets these mails? -tuna On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 2:11 PM, RNW Yorkton wrote: > > > > > >   ISSUE #15: May 13, 2011 7,593 Readers This Month! > YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT > Your Retirement By: Brandee Musiala > > Eating p

Re: Fwd: Chicken Dance License

2011-03-26 Thread Andrew Harris
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > [replying on-list again after Andrew and I implicitly agree the > discussion can be public] > > On 26-Mar-2011, Andrew Harris wrote: > > > As for your suggestion of using a better-tested license, I do not > >

Fwd: Chicken Dance License

2011-03-26 Thread Andrew Harris
Whoops, forgot to reply all. Damn GMail. :/ -- Forwarded message -- From: Andrew Harris Date: Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:17 AM Subject: Re: Chicken Dance License To: MJ Ray On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 3:59 AM, MJ Ray wrote: > Andrew Harris wrote: > > I am the author of a

Chicken Dance License

2011-03-26 Thread Andrew Harris
Hi! I am the author of a new Free Software license called the Chicken Dance License. It is a BSD-based license that offers extra hilarity over most, if not all, other Free Software licenses. This new legal infrastructure that I seek to create will result in less hair-pulling and teeth gnashing, an

Re: The "Evil Cookie Producer" case

2011-03-08 Thread Andrew Ross
On 08/03/11 15:53, Bruno Lowagie wrote: > Copy/paste from a previous answer. > > If company B is using iText, Company B is bound by the license. This > doesn't mean the producer line can't be changed; there are different > options to add extra data: > - They can add data to the existing producer l

Re: The "Evil Cookie Producer" case

2011-03-08 Thread Andrew Ross
On 08/03/11 18:17, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Andrew Ross: > >> "In accordance with Section 7(b) of the GNU Affero General Public >> License, you must retain the producer line in every PDF that is created >> or manipulated using iText." > > What is a "

Re: The "Evil Cookie Producer" case

2011-03-07 Thread Andrew Ross
reated or manipulated using iText." This would make it clear that the when writing software using iText (the covered work) you must retain the producer line, but would leave you open to do what you want with the PDF afterwards, since you would no longer be using a "covered work" to d

Re: Possible violation of license(s) on debian derivative

2010-03-07 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Mar 07, 2010 at 10:39:53PM +, Etenil wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I contact you regarding a possible breach of the terms of at least the > GPL license on the Etch-based distribution Elive. > > http://www.elivecd.org/Help/License > > As you can see in the above link, the distribution is l

Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?

2010-01-02 Thread Andrew Dalke
ause, do you think they would be suing people for copyright infringement every time you went over the speed limit? Andrew da...@dalkescientific.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Fwd: Final updates for this Python Policy revision

2009-12-17 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 12/18/09, Ben Finney wrote: > Andrew Donnellan writes: > >> On 12/18/09, Ben Finney wrote: >> > I'm doubtful that it's correct to say “If it's copyright, it has an >> > owner”. Copyright is *not* a property right; it's a different >>

Re: Fwd: Final updates for this Python Policy revision

2009-12-17 Thread Andrew Donnellan
(Cth) s196(1): "Copyright is personal property..." -- Andrew Donnellan <>< andrew[at]donnellan[dot]name http://andrew.donnellan.name ajdlinux[at]gmail[dot]com http://linux.org.au -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-16 Thread Andrew Dalke
aspect. It reveals that I do not know the people behind this topic. In the other direction, pointers to existing documents help me better than statements which, based on my limited but non-trivial research, are not defensible. I provided the documentary details to show how I drew my

Re: Final updates for this Python Policy revision

2009-12-16 Thread Andrew Dalke
it holds that intellectual property might also not be property. But I'm just a guy on a couch.) In the context of debian-legal, especially where the term "copyleft" is used, I would have assumed that the default vocabulary is well aligned with that of GNU, and to be expected.

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-16 Thread Andrew Dalke
e schema around. Andrew da...@dalkescientific.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-16 Thread Andrew Dalke
has done is enough, that the result is free (since it can all go to GPL), and therefore these changes fit into Debian's policy. Cheers! Andrew da...@dalkescientific.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@l

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-14 Thread Andrew Dalke
istic License 2.0 which must be preserved even after 4(c)(ii) relicensing to the GPL? My suspicion is that derivatives must still be prohibited from those activities. Is the resulting software (with these extra limitations) free software enough for Debian? Best regards,

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-14 Thread Andrew Dalke
ommendation as to the text of the licence *grant* - a legally > separate entity - which you need to have as well as the licence itself before > you have the right to do anything otherwise forbidden by copyright law. If this section is not part of the license then which other parts of t

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-14 Thread Andrew Dalke
rson* until they *earn* my respect as a lawyer. If this > is who I think he is, he lost that ... :-( Congratulations. As for me, "citations needed." Andrew da...@dalkescientific.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-14 Thread Andrew Dalke
itly say. If you state that your software is distributed under GPLv2 "or any later version" then you've also agreed that I have the option of following the T&C of GPLv3, and without putting any creative change into the software. Please, at this point if you insist that you are correct, please point to something from the GNU or FSF or from Stallman which backs you up on this. After all, I managed to find explicit statements from them which backed up my points that LGPL and GFDL allow relicensing yet do not remove essential rights, which was the point you were trying to make. Cheers, Andrew da...@dalkescientific.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-13 Thread Andrew Dalke
On Dec 13, 2009, at 2:24 AM, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > In message , Andrew > Dalke writes >> Well, the GPL does allow relicensing to newer versions of the GPL... > > IT DOESN'T, ACTUALLY !!! > > Read what the GPL says, CAREFULLY. Here is relevant commentary

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-12 Thread Andrew Dalke
On Dec 13, 2009, at 2:24 AM, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > In message , Andrew > Dalke writes >>> I'm always wary of explicitly relicencing. The GPL doesn't permit it, and >>> by doing so you are taking away user rights. >> >> Well, the GPL does

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-12 Thread Andrew Dalke
There were other problems we've found, like some of the LGPL packages not listing in the documentation all of the third-party LGPL'ed components they were using and including. This has triggered a long-needed review of what's going into the distributions.) Thank you for your time,

Re: Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-12 Thread Andrew Dalke
am users of the CDK know about the issues. This should be resolved within the next month, either by clarifying the license and/or by removing that one file from the main distribution and doing a new cut of CDK in January, and possibly also doing some refactoring of the jar files. Thank you for your time! Best regards, Andrew da...@dalkescientific.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Artistic and LGPL compatibility in jar files

2009-12-11 Thread Andrew Dalke
ointed out that the clause "a Creative Commons license, allowing redistribution but NOT derivative works" is ambiguous, and can mean one of two different licenses. The more restrictive prevents commercial use, which is contrary to the authors' stated goals elsewhere. Do we need

Re: Are debian/ubuntu distributions "commercial applications" from a legal point of view?

2009-11-17 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 08:48:43PM +, MJ Ray wrote: > Laszlo Lebrun wrote: > > Do you know about any jurisprudence about that question? > According to David A. Wheeler, the US Department of Defense has recognised FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software) as being on the same basis as Commerci

Re: License for libecap

2009-04-26 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm considering packaging libecap, a library used by Squid 3.1 to > provide modular extensible capabilities.  It uses the following license > which to my unpracticed eye looks fairly similar to a BSD wi

License for libecap

2009-04-26 Thread Andrew McMillan
say it is available under a "Simplified BSD License". Thanks, Andrew PS. I'm not subscribed - please CC me on any replies, thanks :-) ---- andrew (AT) morphoss (DOT) com

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-24 Thread Andrew Donnellan
;s fine, copyright or not, although the effect of the warranty disclaimer could be debated ;) [0] http://groups.google.com/group/sci.crypt.research/browse_thread/thread/85d7519a3486193c/5817f0a5906c1bf7 -- Andrew Donnellan <>< andrew[at]donnellan[dot]name http://andrew.donnella

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
sider a statement like 'Dedicated to the public domain' to be an all-permissive licence grant, given the common English meaning of the phrase. Probably hasn't been tested in court. -- Andrew Donnellan <>< andrew[at]donnellan[dot]name http://andre

Re: Sapphire.cpp -- Gpl compatible? DFSG-free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
it's public domain, so there's no restrictions on it and it should be fine. (Although there is some debate going on about whether it's in fact possible to disclaim copyright in some jurisdictions, but I highly doubt the author will try to enforce anything.) -- Andrew Donnellan &

Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
Author's Source Code", > but I'm not sure to interpret the point 2 in the right way. Given that the first paragraph does appear to permit modifications I would think this would be the way the author intended it, but he really should write it more clearly. -- Andrew Donnellan <

Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Andrew Donnellan wrote: >> /* >>  * >>  * >>  * The Clearthought Software License, Version 1.0 >>  * >>  * Copyright (c) 2001 Daniel Barbalace.  All rights

Re: is the Clearthought Software License free?

2009-04-23 Thread Andrew Donnellan
nd the following disclaimer. >  * >  * 2. The original software may not be altered.  However, the classes >  *    provided may be subclasses as long as the subclasses are not >  *    packaged in the info.clearthought package or any subpackage of >  *    info.clearthought. "T

Re: GFDL 1.1

2009-01-29 Thread Andrew Donnellan
s manual. > As you can see it says 'Version 1.1 or any later version', so it can be used under GFDL 1.2 as well. So that should be fine. Andrew -- Andrew Donnellan <>< andrew[at]donnellan[dot]name http://andrew.donnellan.name ajdlinux[at]gmail[do

Re: Non free license?

2008-12-20 Thread Andrew Donnellan
icense, > with the third clause slightly modified [1]. > > Could you confirm this license is OK with debian? Looks OK to me. Regards -- Andrew Donnellan <>< andrew[at]donnellan[dot]name http://andrew.donnellan.name ajdlinux[at]gmail[

CPAL (was: Bug#442032: ITP: openproj -- A desktop replacement for Microsoft Project. It is capable of sharing files with Microsoft Project...)

2007-09-12 Thread Andrew Donnellan
License." [NOTE: The text of this Exhibit A may differ slightly from the text of the notices in the Source Code files of the Original Code. You should use the text of this Exhibit A rather than the text found in the Original Code Source Code for Your Modifications.] EXHIBIT B. Attribution Info

Re: SIM-IM uses default ICQ sounds

2007-09-11 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ight violation. -- Andrew Donnellan <>< ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.comhttp://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 http://linux.org.auhttp://debian.or

Re: A use case of GPLv3 section 7b

2007-09-05 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ms more a project attribution or even an advertisement.) If it is considered an author attribution, it's still only reasonable where the code is used as originally intended in a graphical environment. If the code were somehow adapted for non-graphical use there'd be issues. -- A

Re: The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-02 Thread Andrew Sidwell
Michael Pobega wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 12:40:25PM +0100, Andrew Sidwell wrote: >> If someone releases a song in MIDI form under the GPLv2, and I use >> non-GPL'd tools (e.g. a shareware licence) and royalty-free instrumental >> samples to produce a high-quality W

The GPL and soundfonts

2007-06-02 Thread Andrew Sidwell
s of MIDI files which are under the GPLv2, one is restricted to an entirely free toolchain. Would others agree with this reading? Andrew Sidwell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Request licence review

2007-05-03 Thread Andrew Sidwell
Ben Finney wrote: > Andrew Sidwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I'd really like to adopt a new manual, but it's by someone we can't >> contact, and it's under a custom licence: >> >> Redistribution of unaltered copies of this docume

Request licence review

2007-05-02 Thread Andrew Sidwell
s is DFSG-free or not; I think it is, but since one of the reasons for making the code Free is so it can be included in Linux distributions and use services like SourceForge, I don't want to inadvertently introduce non-free stuff into the game. Thanks, Andrew Sidwell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: question about gpl-commercial dual licencing

2007-04-28 Thread Andrew Donnellan
regardless of the interface pyfoo uses to invoke libfoo). "it matters whether pyfoo forms a derivative work of libfoo" That's exactly why it does matter how it links. According to the FSF linking does create a derivative work, although I wouldn't think dl() would be c

Re: backporting and dual-licensing

2007-04-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
the library? Almost definitely. 4. If Y just restructures the library in a more efficient manner. I'd say yes. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL

Re: question about gpl-commercial dual licencing

2007-04-21 Thread Andrew Donnellan
imply drive more sales of the commercial license anyway. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 http://linu

Re: License missing in the tarball but present on the website

2007-04-21 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 12:24:26PM +0200, Gonéri Le Bouder wrote: > Hello, > > The vdrift upstream uploaded a data tarball with some content licensed under > the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 license. > > After discution there are agree to relicense these files under

Re: BSD & MIT licenses compatible?

2007-04-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ld tell the difference from the original MIT licensed code anyway. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 http://l

Re: BSD & MIT licenses compatible?

2007-04-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
icense? Thanks for your consideration. The combination of the MIT and BSD licensed code (ie. the whole file) is under the most restrictive one, the BSD license. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com

Re: BSD & MIT licenses compatible?

2007-04-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
nor the MIT licenses have a clause saying 'You may not add additional restrictions.' -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subke

Re: Request for help in checking GPL-compatibility

2007-04-13 Thread Andrew Donnellan
t;2. You may copy and distribute the SE provided that the entire package is distributed, including this License. 3. You may make modifications to the SE files and distribute your modifications in **a form distinct from the SE**. The following restrictions apply to modifications:" I think

Re: Choosing a license for Frets on Fire songs

2007-03-28 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ganisations. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 http://linux.org.auhttp://debian.org Get f

Re: Choosing a license for Frets on Fire songs

2007-03-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
doubt here. Do they really? That would mean that all the copyright holders would have given them exclusive licensing rights. I haven't read the full bug log, but has anyone contacted the composers directly? -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemai

Re: Licence and copyright for autogenerated files (gtk-vim-syntax)

2007-03-27 Thread Andrew Donnellan
'd say they are public domain. As the author states, a list of function definitions may not even be copyrightable anyway, and I doubt anyone except perhaps SCO would bring any legal action for something like that, if it were copyrightable. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmai

Re: Debian-approved creative/content license?

2007-03-14 Thread Andrew Saunders
se? Cheers, -- Andrew Saunders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian-approved creative/content license?

2007-03-10 Thread Andrew Donnellan
d recommend just using the GPL or Expat licenses, they are tried and tested and don't contain anything too specific to software. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress

Re: [RFC]: firmware-ipw2200, acceptable for non-free?

2007-03-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
pretty easily anyway... -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 http://linux.org.auhttp://debian.org

Re: [RFC]: firmware-ipw2200, acceptable for non-free?

2007-03-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
excuse for not freeing it, it's *NOT* whether Intel is responsible, it's that they don't want you doing it anyway. ie. A crowbar can be used to break in to a house. I can give you one and not be responsible if you break into a house, but maybe I don't want you to anyway, s

Re: Free art license, CC and DFSG

2007-03-05 Thread Andrew Saunders
ught experiment to bits as best as you are able. :-) [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/06/msg00129.html [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/08/msg00015.html [3] http://evan.prodromou.name/Debian_Creative_Commons_Workgroup_report [4] http://www.debian.org/vote/20

Re: Java in Debian advice result

2007-03-05 Thread Andrew Saunders
of bringing suit against > you as high as possible to warred off long-shot litigation. > OK. Makes perfect sense to me. And me. Ta muchly for the explanation. Cheers, -- Andrew Saunders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Java in Debian advice result

2007-03-05 Thread Andrew Saunders
ification welcome. Cheers, -- Andrew Saunders -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Comments on the latest public CC draft

2007-02-25 Thread Andrew Donnellan
s/2007-February/005013.html Are there any differences between this draft and CC3.0 Final? -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.p

Re: Re: Squiz.net Open Source License - is it free?

2007-02-19 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ed a simple CMS then just use Joomla. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0x5D4C0C58 http://linux.org.auhttp://debia

Re: creative commons

2007-01-05 Thread Andrew Donnellan
t it's believed that none of the Creative Commons licenses of any version (except CC-BY-SA Scotland v2.5 iirc) are DFSG compatible. BY and BY-SA v3.0 will most likely be DFSG free thanks to the effort of some Debian people. -- Andrew Donnellan ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary)ajdlinuxATexemail

Re: Is this legal? [RFP: djohn -- Distributed password cracker]

2007-01-03 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 1/4/07, Masayuki Hatta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, >>>>> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>"Andrew Donnellan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Password cracking in itself has always been legal AFAIK. > Using password crackers to

Re: Is this legal? [RFP: djohn -- Distributed password cracker]

2007-01-03 Thread Andrew Donnellan
n: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFnI9POKCtW8rKsRgRAlgXAKDYfWx8+pKERsV5LNzhO+jdzENsCQCgk6jq zG3lx+DGP7W/R2quspHoZkg= =FLHO -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew Donn

Re: GFDL v2 draft 1 analysis [long]

2006-12-09 Thread Andrew Donnellan
on-to-GPL clause. Um, the GPL is *more* restrictive than the LGPL. So modified versions can *remove* the permission to link with proprietary software. (I realise what you mean, but LGPL->GPL isn't the best example...) -- Andrew Donnellan -- Email - ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (prim

Re: PEAR / PHP License status

2006-12-08 Thread Andrew Donnellan
lity both ways? (ie the PHP license has a clause prohibiting additional restrictions that the GPL would put on) -- Andrew Donnellan -- Email - ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary) -- Email - ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.wordpress.com Jabber - [EMAIL

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-07 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 12/8/06, Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrew Donnellan wrote: > I think the issue is more compatibility with other licenses - this > definitely disallows it. Which means you can't combine an OFL font with a GPL font to make a new font (and not much else beyond

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-06 Thread Andrew Donnellan
ly a (somewhat weak) copyleft. I think the issue is more compatibility with other licenses - this definitely disallows it. >>The requirement for fonts to >>remain under this license does not apply to any document created >>using the Font Software. > > [...] > > As a

Re: Open Font License 1.1review2 - comments?

2006-12-06 Thread Andrew Donnellan
, while being IMO free, be problematic - what is the definition of document? Also could things like Debian packaging be counted as 'adding to'? -- Andrew Donnellan -- Email - ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary) -- Email - ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (secure) http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajd

Re: What does "most recent GPL" mean?

2006-12-04 Thread Andrew Donnellan
-- Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Andrew Donnellan -- Email - ajdlinuxATgmailDOTcom (primary) -- Email - ajdlinuxATexemailDOTcomDOTau (sec

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