Re: Licence query

2008-09-15 Thread MJ Ray
Måns Rullgård <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The first "it" is clearly referring to the unmodified source. The > second "it" has no other noun to refer to [...] No noun except the altered source, the outcome of the first action? Compare: if I say "This box: I'll wrap it and post it to you" then I

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Måns Rullgård
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: >> Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: >> >> There is one thing about that license that strikes me as slightly odd. >> >> >> >> Permission i

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: > Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: > >> There is one thing about that license that strikes me as slightly odd. > >> > >> Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any p

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Måns Rullgård
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: >> There is one thing about that license that strikes me as slightly odd. >> >> Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, >> including commercial applications, and to alter

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Måns Rullgård said: > There is one thing about that license that strikes me as slightly odd. > > Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, > including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it > freely, subject to th

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Måns Rullgård
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:10:17 +0100 Julian Gilbey wrote: > >> Hi all! > > Hi! :) > >> >> I'm looking at a package (GLFW, bindings to OpenGL from Haskell) which >> has the following licence. I think that it is DFSG-free, but I'd like >> someone else to

Re: Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:10:17 +0100 Julian Gilbey wrote: > Hi all! Hi! :) > > I'm looking at a package (GLFW, bindings to OpenGL from Haskell) which > has the following licence. I think that it is DFSG-free, but I'd like > someone else to check over it, as I've not seen a licence exactly like

Licence query

2008-09-14 Thread Julian Gilbey
Hi all! I'm looking at a package (GLFW, bindings to OpenGL from Haskell) which has the following licence. I think that it is DFSG-free, but I'd like someone else to check over it, as I've not seen a licence exactly like this one before. Many thanks! Julian Licence follows: Copyright (c) 20

Re: Licence Query: petris (new package)

2004-02-22 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 10:29:25PM +1100, Andree Leidenfrost wrote: > I have started packaging petris, a command line tetris clone > (http://home1.stofanet.dk/peter-seidler/). > > The README says: > > "LICENSE" > You can do whatever you want with the program, it's Public Domain. > (however, i

Re: Licence Query: petris (new package)

2004-02-22 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Andree Leidenfrost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "LICENSE" > You can do whatever you want with the program, it's Public Domain. > (however, it would be nice of you to credit me if you found anything > of this useful). > Is this DFSG compliant? Yes. (Jurisdiction that do not acknowledge au

Licence Query: petris (new package)

2004-02-22 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
I have started packaging petris, a command line tetris clone (http://home1.stofanet.dk/peter-seidler/). The README says: "LICENSE" You can do whatever you want with the program, it's Public Domain. (however, it would be nice of you to credit me if you found anything of this useful). Is thi

Re: Licence query

2004-02-04 Thread Roger Leigh
Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 03 Feb 2004, Roger Leigh wrote: >> It appears to be a BSD-style licence, with all UCB references >> removed, > > Yeah, that's pretty much what it is. > >> but I'd just like to check with you that it is DFSG-free since it is >> a different licence

Re: Licence query

2004-02-03 Thread Don Armstrong
On Tue, 03 Feb 2004, Roger Leigh wrote: > It appears to be a BSD-style licence, with all UCB references > removed, Yeah, that's pretty much what it is. > but I'd just like to check with you that it is DFSG-free since it is > a different licence, and IANAL. In particular, the "no advertising > wi

Re: Licence query

2004-02-03 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 02:46:54PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > The following licence is in use by the libpqxx package (C++ binding > for PostgreSQL), and a companion library (libpqxx-object) which I am > writing. It appears to be a BSD-style licence, with all UCB > references removed, but I'd just

Licence query

2004-02-03 Thread Roger Leigh
The following licence is in use by the libpqxx package (C++ binding for PostgreSQL), and a companion library (libpqxx-object) which I am writing. It appears to be a BSD-style licence, with all UCB references removed, but I'd just like to check with you that it is DFSG-free since it is a different