Hi Peter,
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 07:09:43PM +0200, Peter Makholm wrote:
>
> > at its own right. That copyright only reflects to packaging, artwork
>
> If you can copyright the packaging of the disks, how can it be the
> official Debian disks which is GPL'ed if I remember right?
>
> Just wonde
Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I know for books, the copyright on the collection as a whole (including
> > cover art, etc) is separate from the copyright on the individual stories.
> > I assume this is similar.
>
> This is true, and related to the case. But the copyright on t
Thomas Bushnell, BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > I know for books, the copyright on the collection as a whole (including
> > cover art, etc) is separate from the copyright on the individual stories.
> > I assume this is similar.
>
> This is true, and related to the case. But the copyright on the
Hi
On Mon, 09 Apr 2001, LinuxLand / Hans-Jörg Ehren wrote:
> That copyright only reflects to packaging, artwork etc. The content
> ist still free software, no question.
That sounds OK.
> > Another strange thing is the impressum in the manual shipped with
> > the CDs, saying:
> >
> > The co
Thomas Bushnell, BSG said:
> Jeffry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I know for books, the copyright on the collection as a whole (including
> > cover art, etc) is separate from the copyright on the individual stories.
> > I assume this is similar.
>
> This is true, and related to the
Scripsit [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
> But the copyright on the whole must still be compatible with the
> copyright on each piece, and I don't think (but I'm not sure) that
> the GPL would permit this kind of shenanigan.
The question is, is there really a compound work? Or are there
LinuxLand / Hans-Jörg Ehren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Unfortunately publishers has to copyright their products for
> protection against misuse. German copyright enables us to do so,
> whatever the content is or comes from.
This is the very assumption which Free Software exists to contradict
a
Jeffry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I know for books, the copyright on the collection as a whole (including
> cover art, etc) is separate from the copyright on the individual stories.
> I assume this is similar.
This is true, and related to the case. But the copyright on the whole
must
I know for books, the copyright on the collection as a whole (including
cover art, etc) is separate from the copyright on the individual stories.
I assume this is similar.
Rob Helmer said:
> Copyright != license
>
> The individual authors generally hold the copyright on a given
> package, alth
Copyright != license
The individual authors generally hold the copyright on a given
package, although sometimes they assign it to places like the FSF.
I guess LinuxLand is saying they hold a copyright on the _packaging_
like the image on the CD and in the CD case. According to
Hans-Jörg's post,
LinuxLand / Hans-Jörg Ehren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> at its own right. That copyright only reflects to packaging, artwork
If you can copyright the packaging of the disks, how can it be the
official Debian disks which is GPL'ed if I remember right?
Just wondering.
/Peter
Hi,
> The six official CDs are labelled as suggested by Debian, however,
> there is a strange third line:
>
> Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 >>Potato<<
> Official i386 Binary-1 (2814)
> (C) 2000 LinuxLand International
>
> What does that mean? Is it illegal to copy these CDs or what?
A
Scripsit Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> The six official CDs are labelled as suggested by Debian, however,
> there is a strange third line:
> Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 >>Potato<<
> Official i386 Binary-1 (2814)
> (C) 2000 LinuxLand International
> What does that m
Hi, debian-legal list!
Some months ago, I have bought a Debian distribution from a German
company called LinuxLand. Now I've noticed some strange things about
it:
The six official CDs are labelled as suggested by Debian, however,
there is a strange third line:
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 >>
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